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Each the welcome "Come" awaits,
Conquerors over death and sin.
Lift your heads, ye golden gates!
Let the little travellers in !

For the Sick.

He hath done all things well.

CHR

NHRIST will gather in His own,
To the place where He is gone,
Where their heart and treasure lie,
Where our life is hid on high.

Day by day the voice saith, "Come,
Enter thine eternal home;"
Asking not if we can spare

This dear soul it summons there.

Had He asked us, well we know,
We should cry, O spare this blow!
Yes, with streaming tears should pray,
"Lord, we love him, let him stay."

7's.

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But the Lord doth naught amiss,
And since He hath ordered this,
We have naught to do but still
Rest in silence on His will.

Many a heart no longer here,
Ah! was all too truly dear,
Yet, O Lord, 'tis Thou dost call,
Thou wilt be our All-in-all.

G

Psalm vi.

ENTLY, gently, lay Thy rod,
On my sinful head, O God;
Stay Thy wrath, in mercy stay,
Lest I sink before its sway.

Heal me, for my flesh is weak;
Heal me, for Thy grace I seek;
This my only plea I make,
Heal me for Thy mercy's sake.

Who within the silent grave
Shall proclaim Thy power to save?
Lord, my sinking soul reprieve,
Speak, and I shall rise and live.

Lo, He comes! He hears my plea!
Lo, He comes! the shadows flee!
Glory round me dawns once more;
Rise, my spirit, and adore!

7's.

189 The eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and His ears are open unto their prayer.

GOD of my life! to Thee I call,

Afflicted at Thy feet I fall,

When the great water-floods prevail,
Leave not my trembling heart to fail.

Friend of the friendless and the faint,
Where shall I lodge my deep complaint?
Where but with Thee, whose open door
Invites the helpless and the poor?

Did ever mourner plead with Thee,
And Thou refuse that mourner's plea ?
Does not the word still fixed remain,
That none shall seek Thy face in vain ?

Hard were the woes of life to bear,
Didst Thou not hear and answer prayer:
But a prayer-hearing, answering God,
Supports me under every load.

If poor, unknown, despised, forgot,
Yet God, my God, forgets me not;
And he is safe, and must succeed,
For whom the Lord vouchsafes to plead.

L.M.

190

I

I will give you rest.

HEARD the voice of Jesus say,
"Come unto Me and rest;

Lay down, thou weary one, lay down

Thy head upon My breast."
I came to Jesus as I was,

Weary, and worn, and sad;
I found in Him a resting-place,
And He has made me glad.

I heard the voice of Jesus say,
Behold, I freely give

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The living water, thirsty one';
Stoop down, and drink, and live."
I came to Jesus, and I drank

Of that life-giving stream;

C.M.

My thirst was quenched, my soul revived,
And now I live in Him.

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"I am this dark world's light;
Look unto Me, thy morn shall rise,
And all thy day be bright."

I looked to Jesus, and I found
In Him my Star, my Sun;
And in that light of life I'll walk,
Till travelling days are done.

191 I know My sheep, and am known of Mine. P.M.

I

WAS wandering and weary,

When my Saviour came unto me;
For the ways of sin grew dreary,

And the world had ceased to woo me;
And I thought I heard Him say,
As He came along His way,
"O precious souls, come near Me,
My sheep should never fear Me,
I am the Shepherd true."

At first, I would not hearken,
And put off till the morrow;
But life began to darken,

And I was sick with sorrow:
And I thought I heard Him say,
As He came along His way,
"O precious souls, come near Me,
My sheep should never fear Me,
I am the Shepherd true."

At last, I stopped to listen,

His voice could ne'er deceive me;

I saw His kind eye glisten,

So anxious to relieve me :

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