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5 Faith clave to the crucified Lamb; Hope, smiling, exalted its head;

Love warm'd at the Saviour's dear name,
And vow'd to observe what he said.

6 What pleasure appear'd in the looks...
Of the brethren and sisters around!
With transport all seem'd to reflect
On the blessings in JESUS they'd found,
7 Sweet moments! if aught upon earth
Resembles the joy of the skies,

It is when the hearts of the flock
Conjoin'd to their Shepherd arise,

8 But, ah! these sweet moments are fled,
Pale sickness compels me to stay
Where no voice of the turtle is heard,
As the moments are hasting away!
9 My God! thou art holy and good,
Thy plans are all righteous and wise;
O help me submissive to wait

Till thou biddest thy servant arise.
10 If to follow thee here in thy courts,
May it be with all ardour and zeal,-
With success and increasing delight,
Performing the whole of thy will,
11 Or shouldst thou in bondage detain
To visit thy temples no more,
Prepare me for mansions above,
Where nothing exists to deplore!
12 Where JESUs, the Sun of the place,
Refulgent incessantly shines,
Eternally blessing his saints,

And pouring delight on their minds.
13 There there are no prisons to hold
The captive from tasting delight;
There there the day never is clos'd
With shadows, or darkness, or night;

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14 There myriads and myriads shall meet,
In our Saviour's high praises to join;
While transported we fall at his feet,
And extol his redemption divine.

15 Enough then; my heart shall no more wa Of its present bereavements complain

Since ere long I to heaven shall soar, And ceaseless enjoyments obtain. S. PEARCE, 540 (3d P.) C. M. Ludlow 84. Carolina 13.

Painful uncertainty in Affliction.

Calling and Election to be made sure in health.

1 HOW sad on the keen edge of death
To say, I cannot tell
Whether, at my expiring breath,
I go to Heaven or Hell!

2 Unite my pow'rs to fear thy name,
Thy grace, Lord, I implore ;,

Let doubt and fear, and guilt and shame,
Distract my heart no more.

3 Decide the dubious painful case

By some assuring sign,

May thy good spirit, word, and grace,
Say whether I am thine.

4 Rise, Sun of Righteousness, and shine !
Spring a celestial day,

That this benighted soul of mine

May praise as well as pray..

541 (1st P.) 8. 7. 4. Lewes 63. Helmsley 223.

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Painswick 162.

Sweet Affliction A Song in a Storm.
N the floods of tribulation,

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While the billows o'er me roll,
JESUS whispers consolation,A,
And supports my fainting soul:
Hallelujah, Hallelujah,
Hallelujah, Praise the LORD.
2 Thus, the lion yields me honey,
From the eater food is given,

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Strengthen'd thus, I still press forward, [
Singing as I wade to heaven,-
Sweet affliction, sweet affliction,
And my sins are all forgiven.

3 'Mid the gloom the vivid lightnings
With increasing brightness play,

'Mid the thorn-brake beauteous flow'rets
Look more beautiful and gay

Hallelujah, &c.uk

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4 So, in darkest dispensations,uivat pod Doth my faithful LORD appear, 5 & With his richest consolations, work! To reanimate and cheer y

Sweet' affliction, sweet affliction,
Thus to bring my Saviour near.
5 Floods of tribulation heighten,
Billows still around me roar,

Those that know not CHRIST ye frighten,
soul defies your power:

But my

Hallelujah, &c.

6 In the sacred page recorded

Thus the word securely stands,' I Fear not, I'm in trouble near

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Nought shall pluck you from my hands: Sweet affliction, sweet affliction, Every word my love demands. 7 All I meet I find assists me

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In my path to heavenly joy,
Where, tho' trials now attend me,
Trials never more annoy;

Hallelujah, &c.

8 Bless'd there with a weight of glory, I

Still the path I'll neter forget,

But, exulting, cry, it led me

To my blessed Saviour's seatSweet affliction, sweet affliction,

Which has brought to JESUS' feet, s. PEARCE.

541 (2d P.) L. M. Portugal 97. Rippon's 188.

Sickness and Recovery.

1 AWHILE remain'd the doubtful strife, Till JESUS gave me back my life:

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2 Why inconvenient now to die?
Vile unbelief, O tell me why?
When can it inconvenient be,
My loving LORD! to come to thee?
3 He saw me made the sport of hell,
He knew the tempter's malice well;
And when my soul had all to fear,
Then did the glorious SUN appear!
4 O bless him! bless, ye dying saints,
The GoD of grace, when nature faints !
He show'd my flesh the gaping grave,
To show me he had power to save...

542 (1st P.) C. M. David's 186. Newbury 132.
Praise for Recovery from Sickness, Psalm cxviii, 18, 19.
OVEREIGN of life! I own thy hand,
In every chastening stroke;

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And, while I smart beneath thy rod,
Thy presence I invoke. ́ ́

2 To thee in my distress I cried,

And thou hast bow'd thine ear;
Thy powerful word my life prolong'd,
And brought salvation near.

3 Unfold, ye gates of righteousness,
That, with the pious throng,

I may record my solemn vows,
And tune my grateful song.

4 Praise to the LORD, whose gentle hand
Renews our labouring breath:

Praise to the LORD, who makes his saints
Triumphant e'en in death.

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5 My GOD! in thine appointed hour Those heavenly gates display, ...Where pain and sin, and fear and death, For ever flee away.

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6 There, while the nations of the bless'd
With raptures bow around, a
My anthems to delivering grace
In sweeter strains shall sound.

DR. DODDRIDGE.

542 (2d P.) S. M. Harborough 142. Stoke 207. The Benefit of sanctified Affliction; or, God bringing his People into the Covenant under the Rod, Ezek. xx. 37.

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How gracious and how wise

Is our chastising God!

And, oh! how rich the blessings areno „A
Which blossom from his rodo

He lifts it up on high

With pity in his heart,

That every stroke his children feel
May grace and peace impart.
Instructed thus they bow,
And own his sovereign sway;
They turn their erring footsteps back
To his forsaken way.

His cov'nant love they seek,

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And seek the happy bands

That closer still engage
To honour his commands.

their hearts.

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Dear Father! we consent
To discipline divine;

And bless the pain that makes our souls
Still more completely thine.

Supported by thy love,..

We tend to realms of peace;
Where every pain shall far remove,
And every frailty cease.

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