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3 But oh! when gloomy doubts prevail, 457 As He is, so are we in this world.

I fear to call Thee mine; The springs of comfort seem to fail, And all my hopes decline.

4 Yet, gracious God! where shall I flee?

Thou art my only trust;

1 JOHN iv. 17.

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And still my soul would cleave to 2 Such was Thy grace, that, for our

Thee

Though prostrate in the dust.

sake, [down; Thou didst from heaven come Our mortal flesh and blood partake, In all our misery one.

5 Hast Thou not bid me seek Thy face? 3 Our sins, our guilt, in love divine,

And shall I seek in vain ?

And can the ear of sovereign grace Be deaf when I complain?

6 No; still the ear of sovereign grace Attends the mourner's prayer;

O may I ever find access,
To breathe my sorrows there.

7 Thy mercy-seat is open still;
Here let my soul retreat;
With humble hope attend Thy will,
And wait beneath Thy feet!

ANNE STEELE. 1760. |

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Were borne on earth by Thee; The gall, the curse, the wrath were To set Thy members free. [Thine Ascended now in glory bright,

Still one with us Thou art; Nor life, nor death, nor depth, nor height,

Thy saints and Thee can part.

5 Soon, soon shall come that glorious When seated on Thy throne, [day, Thou shalt to wondering worlds display,

That Thou with us art one.

JAMES G. DECK. 1837.

THE CHRISTIAN LIFE: LOVE TO GOD AND MAN.

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LAM. iii. 24.

ROM pole to pole let others roam, And search in vain for bliss; My soul is satisfied at home,

The Lord my portion is.

2 Jesus, who on His glorious throne Rules heaven, and earth, and sea, Is pleased to claim me for His own, And give Himself to me.

3 His person fixes all my love,

His blood removes my fear;
And, while He pleads for me above,
His arm preserves me here.

4 His word of promise is my food,
His Spirit is my guide;
Thus daily is my strength renewed,
And all my wants supplied.

5 For Him I count as gain each loss,
Disgrace for Him renown;
Well may I glory in His cross,
While He prepares my crown.

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2 We love Thee, Lord, because when
Had erred and gone astray,
Thou didst recall our wandering souls
Into the heavenward way;
When helpless, hopeless, we were lost
In sin and sorrow's night,
`Thou didst send forth a guiding ray
Of Thy benignant light.

Because when we forsook Thy ways,
Nor kept Thy holy will,

Thou wert not the avenging Judge,
But gracious Father still;
Because we have forgot Thee, Lord,
Yet Thou hast not forgot;
Because we have forsaken Thee,
Yet Thou forsakest not:-
4 Because, O Lord, Thou lovedst us
With everlasting love:

Because Thy Son came down to die,

That we might live above; Because, when we were heirs of wrath, Thou gavest hopes of heaven: Yes; much we love, who much have sinned,

And much have been forgiven.
JULIA A. ELLIOTT, 1835.

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3 And griefs, and torments numberless, 464 The excellency of the knowledge of

And sweat of agony;

E'en death itself,-and all for one
Who was Thine enemy.

4 Then why, O blessed Jesus Christ, Should I not love Thee well?

Not for the sake of winning heaven,

Or of escaping hell.

5 Not with the hope of gaining aught,
Nor seeking a reward;
But as Thyself hast loved me,
O ever-loving Lord.

6 E'en so I love Thee, and will love,
And in Thy praise will sing,
Because Thou art my loving God,
And my redeeming King.

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Jesus.-PHIL. iii. 8.

TEACH us more of Thy blest

ways,

Thou holy Lamb of God! And fix and root us in Thy grace,

As those redeemed by blood.

2 O tell us often of Thy love,
Of all Thy grief and pain;
And let our hearts with joy confess,
From thence comes all our gain.

3 For this, O may we freely count
Whate'er we have but loss;
The dearest objects of our love,
Compared with Thee, but dross.

JAMES HUTTON. 1741.

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The love of Christ which passeth 465 Hitherto hath the Lord helped us.

knowledge.-EPH. iii. 19.

LOVE divine, how sweet Thou

art!

When shall I find my willing heart
All taken up by Thee?

I thirst, I faint, I die to prove
The greatness of redeeming love,

The love of Christ to me!

2 Stronger His love than death and hell, Its riches are unsearchable:

The first-born sons of light
Desire in vain its depths to see;
They cannot reach the mystery,

The length, and breadth, and
height.

3 God only knows the love of God:
O that it now were shed abroad
In this poor stony heart;
For love I sigh, for love I pine:
This only portion, Lord, be mine!
Be mine this better part!

4 O that I could for ever sit,
With Mary, at the Master's feet;

Be this my happy choice:
My only care, delight, and bliss,
My joy, my heaven on earth be this,
To hear the Bridegroom's voice!
CHARLES WESLEY. 1746.

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1 SAM. vii. 12.

YOME, 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 His precious blood.

3 0, 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-O take and seal it!
Seal it from Thy courts above.

ROBERT ROBINSON. 1758.

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466 Lord, Thou knowest that I love Thee. 467 Weep with them that weep.

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salvation.-PSA. xxxviii. 22.

TAKE away this evil heart; This heart of unbelief renew, So prone, so eager to depart

Lord, we Thy presence seek: May ours this blessing be; O give the pure and lowly heart,— A temple meet for Thee!

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From Thee, the living God and true. 3

2 O sanctify this sinful soul;

Health to the dying leper give;

Thou, if Thou wilt, canst make me
whole,

Speak but the word, and I shall live.
3 O disenthral this captive will,—
Free only when Thou mak'st it free;
That I may glory to fulfil
Thy perfect law of liberty.

4 Then though a fallen child of earth,
In death returning to the clod,
I shall become, by second birth,
An heir of heaven-a child of God!

JAMES MONTGOMERY. 1853.

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Joined unto the Lord.--1 Cor. vi. 17. DEAR Saviour, we are Thine,

By everlasting bands:

Our names, our hearts we would

resign,

Our souls are in Thy hands.

To Thee we still would cleave
With ever-growing zeal;

If millions tempt us Christ to leave,
O let them ne'er prevail.
Thy Spirit shall unite

Our souls to Thee, our Head; Conform us to Thine image bright, That we Thy paths may tread. Death may our souls divide

From these abodes of clay;

But love shall keep us near Thy side, Through all the gloomy way.

Since Christ and we are one,

Why should we yield to fear?

If He in heaven hath fixed His

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473 If any man serve Me, let him follow

Me.-JOHN xii. 26.

OW shall I follow Him I serve?

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How shall I copy Him I love? Nor from those blessed footsteps

swerve,

Which lead me to His seat above? 2 Privations, sorrows, bitter scorn, The life of toil, the mean abode, The faithless kiss, the crown of thorn,

Are these the consecrated road? 3 'Twas thus He suffered, though a Son, Foreknowing, choosing, feeling all; Until the perfect work was done, And drank the bitter cup of gall.

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