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thou fount of every blessing, Tune my heart to sing thy grace; Streams of mercy never ceasing
Call for songs of loudest praise.
Teach me some melodious sonnet,
Sung by flaming tongues above;
Praise the mount-O fix me on it,
Mount of God's unchanging love.
2 Here I raise my Ebenezer,
Hither by thy help I'm come;
And I hope by thy good pleasure,
Safely to arrive at home.
Jesus sought me when a stranger,
Wandering from the fold of God;
He, to rescue me from danger,
Interposed with precious blood. 3 O to grace how great a debtor,
Daily I'm constrained to be!
Let that grace, Lord, like a fetter,
Bind my wandering heart to thee.
Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it;
Prone to leave the God I love; Here's my heart, Lord, take and seal it, Seal it from thy courts above.
J'all to leave and follow thee;
ESUS, I my cross have taken,
Naked, poor, despised, forsaken, Thou from hence my All shalt be:
LORD, dismiss us with thy blessing,
Fill our hearts with joy and peace;
Let us each, thy love possessing,
Triumph in redeeming grace;
O refresh us,
Traveling through this wilderness.
2 Thanks we give and adoration,
For thy Gospel's joyful sound;
May the fruits of thy salvation
In our hearts and lives abound;
May thy presence
With us evermore be found.
3 So, whene'er the signal's given,
Us from earth to call away;
Borne on angel's wings to heaven,
Glad to leave our cumbrous clay,.
May we, ready,
Rise and reign in endless day
3 Come, almighty to deliver,
Let us now thy life receive,
Suddenly return, and never
Never more thy temples leave.
Thee we would be always blessing,
Serve thee as thine hosts above;
Pray, and praise thee without ceasing,
Glory in thy precious love.
4 Finish then thy new creation,
Pure, unspotted may we be:
Let us see our whole salvation
Perfectly secured by thee:
Changed from glory into glory,
Till in heaven we take our place;
Till we cast our crowns before thee,
Lost in wonder, love and praise.
ENTLY, Lord, O! gently lead us,
13 Round each habitation hovering,
See the clouds and fire appear,
For a glory and a covering,
Showing that the Lord is near:
Thus deriving from their banner,
Light by night, and shade by day; Safe they feed upon the manna [pray. Which he gives them when they
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C'est beneath the Almighty's shade;
ALL Jehovah thy salvation,
In his secret habitation
Dwell, and never be dismayed!
There no tumult can alarm thee,
Thou shalt dread no hidden snare;
Guile nor violence can harm thee,
In eternal safeguard there.
G Through this lonely vale of tears; Thee, tho' winds and waves are swelling,
Thro' the changes thou'st decreed us,
Till our last great change appears.
When temptation's darts assail us,
When in devious paths we stray,
Let thy goodness never fail us,
Lead us in thy perfect way.
2 In the hour of pain and anguish,
God, thy Hope, shall bear thro' all;
Plague shall not co.ne nigh thy dwell-
Thee no evil shall befall.
He shall charge his angel legions
Watch and ward o'er thee to keep,
Tho' thou walk thro' hostile regions,
Though in desert wilds thou sleep.
In the hour when death draws near, 3 Since, with firm and pure affection,
Suffer not our hearts to languish,
Suffer not our souls to fear.
And when mortal life is ended,
Bid us in thine arms to rest,
Till by angel bands attended,
We awake among the blest.
Thou on God hast set thy love, With the wings of his protection
He shall shield thee from above. Thou shalt call on him in trouble, He will hearken, he will save, Here, for grief reward thee double, Crown with life beyond the grave.
LORIOUS things of thee are spoken, TAKE my heart, O Father! take it;
He whose word cannot be broken,
Formed thee for his own abode:
On the Rock of Ages founded,
What can shake thy sure repose?
With salvation's walls surrounded,
Thou may'st smile at all thy foes.
2 See the streams of living waters
Springing from eternal love,
Well supply thy sons and daughters,
And all fear of want remove.
Who can faint while such a river
Ever flows their thirst to assuage;
Grace, which like the Lord, the giver,
Never fails from age to age?
Make and keep it all thine own:
Let thy Spirit melt and break it;
Turn to flesh this heart of stone.
Heavenly Father, deign to mould it
In obedience to thy will;
And, as passing years unfold it,
Keep it meek and childlike still.
2 Father, make it pure and lowly,
Peaceful, kind, and far from strife,
Turning from the paths unholy
Of this vain and sinful life.
May the blood of Jesus heal it,
And its sins be all forgiven:
Holy Spirit, take and seal it ;
Guide it in the path to heaven.
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ROWN his head with endless blessing,
13 Never, from thy pasture roving,
Let them be the lion's prey;
Let thy tenderness, so loving,
Keep them all life's dangerous way.
Who, in God the Father's name, 4 Then within thy fold eternal
With compassions never ceasing,
Comes salvation to proclaim.
2 Lo! Jehovah, we adore thee;
Thee, our Saviour; thee, our God! From his throne his beams of glory Shine through all the world abroad.
3 Jesus, thee our Saviour hailing,
Thee, our God, in praise we own; Highest honors, never failing,
Rise eternal round thy throne.
4 Now, ye saints, his power confessing,
In your grateful strains adore;
For his mercy, never ceasing,
Flows, and flows for evermore.
Let them find a resting place; Feed in pastures ever vernal; Drink the rivers of thy grace.
6 Did the angels sing thy coming?
Did the shepherds learn their lays? Shame would cover me ungrateful,
Should my tongue refuse to praise.
7 From the highest throne in glory!
To the cross of deepest woe!
All to ransom guilty captives!
Flow, my praise, for ever flow.
8 Go, return, immortal Saviour,
Leave thy footstool, take thy throne;
Thence return, and reign for ever;
Be the kingdom all thy own.
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ZION'S King shall reign victorious,
All the earth shall own his sway;
He will make his kingdom glorious,
He shall reign through endless day.
2 See the ancient idols falling,
Worshiped once, but now abhorred,
Men on Zion's King are calling,
Zion's King by all adored.
3 Then shall Israel all be saved,
War and tumult then shall cease,
While the greater Son of David
Rules a conquered world in peace.
4 Mighty King thine arm revealing,
Now thy glorious cause maintain;
Bring the rations help and healing,
Make them subject to thy reign!
5 Angels in their lofty station,
Praise thy name, thou only wise;
O let earth, with emulation,
Join the triumph of the skies.
NUIDE me, O thou great Jehovah,
I am weak, but thou art mighty,
Hold me with thy powerful hand:
Bread of heaven,
Feed me, till I want no more.
Open now the crystal fountain
Whence the healing streams do flow,
Let the fiery cloudy pillar
Lead me all my journey through:
Strong Deliverer,
Be thou still my strength and shield.
3 When I tread the verge of Jordan,
Bid my anxious fears subside:
Death of death, and hell's destruction,
Land me safe on Canaan's side;
Songs of praises
I will ever give to thee.
ARRY with me, O my Saviour!
For the day is passing by;
See! the shades of evening gather,
And the night is drawing nigh.
2 Feeble, trembling, fainting, dying,
Lord, I cast myself on thee;
Tarry with me through the darkness;
While I sleep, still watch by me.
3 Tarry with me, O my Saviour!
Lay my head upon thy breast;
Till the morning; then awake me-
Morning of eternal rest!
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