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All praise on earth to him be given,
And glory shout through highest heaven!

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148th. WATTS.

HOSANNA to the King
Of David's ancient blood;
Behold he 's come to bring
Forgiving grace from God:
Let old and young attend his way,
And at his feet their honours lay.
Glory to God on high,
Salvation to the Lamb;
Let earth, and sea, and sky,
His wond'rous love proclaim:
Upon his head shall honours rest,

And ev'ry age pronounce him blest.

WARNINGS AND INVITATIONS OF THE GOSPEL.

195.

L. M. WATTS.

The broad and narrow Ways.

1 BROAD is the road that leads to death,
And thousands walk together there;
But wisdom shows a narrow path,
With here and there a traveller.
2 "Deny thyself, and take thy cross,'
Is the Redeemer's great command;
Nature must count her gold but dross,
If she would gain this heavenly land.
3 The fearful soul, that tires and faints,
And walks the ways of God no more,
Is but esteemed almost a saint,

And makes his own destruction sure.
4 Lord, let not all our hopes be vain;
Create our hearts entirely new;
Which hypocrites could ne'er attain;
Which false apostates never knew.

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1 STRAIGHT is the way-the door is straight, That leads to joys on high:

'Tis but a few that find the gate, While crowds mistake and die.

2 Beloved self must be denied,
The mind and will renewed,
Passion suppressed-and patience tried,
And vain desires subdued.

3 Lord, can a feeble, helpless worm
Fulfil a task so hard?

Thy grace must all the work perform,
And give the free reward.

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L. M.

PRATT'S COLL.

Danger of rejecting Christ.

1 HARK! from the cross a voice of
peace
Bids Sinai's awful thunders cease!-
Sinner! that voice of love obey,
From Christ, the true, the living way.
2 How else his presence wilt thou bear,
When he in judgment shall appear?
When slighted love to wrath shall turn,
And all the earth like Sinai burn?

3 Now from the cross a voice of peace
Bids Sinai's awful thunder cease-
O sinner, while 'tis called to-day,
That voice of saving love obey.

198.

S. M. PRATT'S COLL.

The way of Sin not the way to Heaven. 1 CAN sinners hope for heaven, Who love this world so well? Or dream of future happiness, While on the road to hell?

2 Can sin's deceitful way

Conduct to Zion's hill?

Or those expect with God to reign
Who disregard his will?

3 Shall they hosannas sing,

With an unhallowed tongue? Shall palms adorn the guilty hand Which does its neighbour wrong?

4 Thy grace, O God, alone,

Good hopes can e'er afford!

The pardoned and renewed shall see
The glory of the Lord.

199. L. M. PRATT'S COLL.

The one Thing Needful.

1 WHY will you waste on trifling cares
That life which God's compassion spares?
While, in the various range of thought,
The one thing needful is forgot?

2 Shall God invite you from above?
Shall Jesus urge his dying love?
Shall troubled conscience give you pain?
And all these pleas unite in vain?
3 Not so your eyes will always view
Those objects which you now pursue:
Not so will heaven and hell appear,
When death's decisive hour draws near.
4 Almighty God! thy grace impart;
Fix deep conviction on each heart:
Nor let us waste on trifling cares
That life which thy compassion spares.

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1 HEAR, O sinner!-mercy hails you,
Now with sweetest voice she calls;
Bids you haste to seek the Saviour,
Ere the hand of justice falls;
Hear, O Sinner!-

'Tis the voice of mercy calls.

2 See! the storm of vengeance gathering
O'er the path you dare to tread;
Hark! the awful thunder 's rolling
Loud, and louder o'er your head;
Turn, O sinner!

Lest the lightnings strike you dead.
3 Haste! O sinner! to the Saviour,
Seek his mercy while you may;
Soon the day of grace is over;
Soon your life will pass away;
Haste, O sinner!-

You must perrish-if you stay.

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L. M. VERMONT COLL.

The strong persuasion of Grace. 1 O SINNERS, fly to Jesus' arms, Enjoy his everlasting charms!

He calls you to a heav'nly feast,
O come, poor starving souls, and taste.
2 Say, will you be for ever blest,
And with the heavenly Jesus rest?
He'll save you from all sin and pain,!
And you shall in full glory reign.

2 Say now, poor souls, what will you do?
Say, will you have this Christ or no?
Make now the choice, and halt no more,
For Christ is waiting at your door.

4 He waits, he woos, he 's loath to leave, And will you not his word believe? Why will you let this Jesus go,

Say, will you have this Christ or no? 5 Once more I'll ask you in his name, (I know his love is still the same,) Will you be sav'd from dreadful wo? Say, will you have this Christ or no?

202.

L. M. RIPPON'S COLL.

Danger of Delay.
1 HASTEN, O sinner, to be wise,
And stay not for the morrow's sun;
The longer wisdom you despise,
The harder is she to be won.

2 O hasten, mercy to implore,
And stay not for the morrow's sun;
For fear thy season should be o'er,
Before this ev'ning stage be run.

30 hasten, sinner, to return,

And stay not for the morrow's sun;
For fear thy lamp should fail to burn,
Before the needful work is done.

4 O hasten, sinner, to be blest,

And stay not for the morrow's sun,
For fear the curse should thee arrest,
Before the morrow is begun.

5 O Lord, do thou the sinner turn!
Now rouse him from his senseless state!
O let him not thy counsel spurn,
Nor rue his fatal choice too late.

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C. M. WATTS.

The Gospel Trumpet.

1 LET every mortal ear attend,
And every heart rejoice;
The trumpet of the gospel sounds,
With an inviting voice.

2 Eternal wisdom has prepared
A soul-reviving feast,
And bids your longing appetites
The rich provision taste.

3 Ho! ye that pant for living streams,
And pine away and die-

Here you may quench your raging thirst
With springs that never dry.

4 Rivers of love and mercy here
In a rich ocean join ;
Salvation in abundance flows,

Like floods of milk and wine.

5 The happy gates of gospel grace
Stand open night and day;--
Lord-we are come to seek supplies,
And drive our wants away.

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S. M. PRATT'S COLL.

1-YE trembling captives, hear!-
The gospel trumpet sounds:
No music more can charm the ear,
Or heal your heart-felt wounds.

2 'Tis not the trump of war,
Nor Sinai's awful roar;
Salvation's news it spreads afar,
And vengeance is no more.

3 Forgiveness, love, and peace,
Glad heaven aloud proclaims;
And earth the Jubilee's release,
With eager rapture, claims.

r, far to distant lands

he saving news shall spread;
Jesus all his willing bands,
lorious triumph lead.

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