3 My feet shall travel all the length

Of the celestial road;

And march with courage in Thy strength

To see my Father God.

4 When I am filled with sore distress
For some surprising sin,
I'll plead Thy perfect righteousness,
And mention none but Thine.
5 How will my lips rejoice to tell
The victories of my King!
My soul, redeemed from sin and hell,
Shall Thy salvation sing.

6 Awake, awake, my tuneful powers;
With this delightful song
I'll entertain the darkest hours,
Nor think the season long.
ISAAC WATTS. 1719.

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He is altogether lovely.-SONG SOL.
v. 16.

[NFINITE excellence is Thine,
Thou lovely Prince of grace!
Thy uncreated beauties shine
With never-fading rays.

2 Sinners, from earth's remotest end,
Come bending at Thy feet:
To Thee their prayers and vows
ascend,

In Thee their wishes meet.

3 Thy name, as precious ointment shed,

Delights the church around; Sweetly the sacred odours spread Through all Immanuel's ground.

4 Millions of happy spirits live

frame,

Nor can the memory find,

On Thine exhaustless store; From Thee they all their bliss receive. And still Thou givest more. Thou art their triumph and their joy; They find their all in Thee; Thy glories will their tongues employ Through all eternity.

JOHN FAWCETT, 1782.

88.

name,

O Saviour of mankind!

3 O hope of every contrite heart, O joy of all the meek;

To those who fall, how kind Thou art!

How good to those who seek! 4 And those who find Thee, find a bliss

Nor tongue nor pen can show;
The love of Jesus, what it is,

None but His loved ones know.

5 Jesus! our only joy be Thou,

As Thou our prize wilt be;
Jesus! be Thou our glory now,
And through eternity.

BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX.
1140.
TR. BY ED. CASWELL. 1849.

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Him, and He will save us.-Isa. xxv. 9.
HE God who created the skies,
The strength and support of His
saints,

Who gives them all needful supplies,
And hearkens to all their complaints:

2 This God is the God we adore,

Our faithful, unchangeable Friend; Whose love is as large as His power, And neither knows measure nor end.

3 'Tis Jesus, the first and the last, Whose Spirit shall guide us safe home;

We'll praise Him for all that is past, And trust Him for all that's to come.

JOSEPH HART. 1759.

Wast made, yet free from sin;
But how unlike to us, O Lord!
Replies the voice within.

2 O holy God! yet frail weak man!
'Tis not for us to know
How spotless soul and body felt
Temptation, pain, and woe.

3 Our faith is weak;-O Light of light!
Clear Thou our clouded view;
That, Son of Man, and Son of God,
We give Thee honour due.

4 O Son of Man! Thyself hast proved Our trials and our tears; Life's thankless toil, and scant repose, Death's agonies and fears. 5 O Son of God! in glory raised,

Thou sittest on Thy throne: Thence, by Thy pleadings and Thy grace,

Still succouring Thine own.

6 Brother and Saviour, Friend and Judge!

To Thee, O Christ, be given
To bind upon Thy crown the names
Elect in earth and heaven.

JOSEPH ANSTICE. 1836.

The Egyptian host was drowned;
But His own blood hides all our sins,
And guilt no more is found.
When through the desert Israel went,
With manna they were fed;
Our faith doth feed on Christ the
He is the living bread. [Lord,-

5 Moses beheld the promised land,
Yet never reached the place;
But Christ shall bring His followers
To see His Father's face. [home,
Then shall our love and joy be full,
And feel a warmer flame;

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JOHN xiv. 16.

UR blest Redeemer, ere He breathed

His tender, last farewell,

A Guide, a Comforter, bequeathed, on earth to dwell.

With us

3 He comes, the mystic heavenly Dove,
With sheltering wings outspread,
The holy balm of peace and love
On mortal hearts to shed.

3 He comes, sweet influence to impart :
A gracious, willing guest,
Where He can find one humble heart
In which to make His rest.

And His that gentle voice we hear,
Soft as the breath of even,
That checks each fault, that calms
each fear,

And whispers us forgiven.

5 And every virtue we possess,
And every victory won,
And every thought of holiness,
Are His, and His alone.

6 Spirit of purity and grace!

Our weakness, pitying, see;

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The Comforter.

whom I will send unto you.-JOHN IV. 26. [ESUS is gone up on high,

JES

But His promise still is here:
"I will all your wants supply;
I will send the Comforter."

2 Let us now His promise plead,
Let us to His throne draw nigh ;
Jesus knows His people's need—
Jesus hears His people cry.
Send us, Lord, the Comforter,
Pledge and witness of Thy love;
Dwelling with Thy people here,
Leading them to joys above.
Till we reach the promised rest,
Till Thy face unveiled we see,
Of this blessed hope possest,
Teach us, Lord, to live to Thee.

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THOMAS KELLY. 1809.

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The Spirit gave them utterance.
ACTs ii. 4.

REAT was the day, the joy was
great,

When the divine disciples met; Whilst on their heads the Spirit

came,

And sat like tongues of cloven flame. What gifts, what miracles He gave ; And power to kill, and power to save! Furnished their tongues with wondrous words, [swords. Instead of shields and spears and

S.M.

[north:

forth From east to west, from south to "Go, and your Saviour's cross proclaim;

Go, teach all nations in My name."
4 These weapons of the holy war,
Of what almighty force they are,
To make our stubborn passions bow,
And lay the proudest rebel low!

5 Nations, the learned and the rude,
Are by these heavenly arms subdued;
While Satan rages at his loss,
And hates the doctrine of the cross.

6 Great King of grace! my heart subdue:

I would be led in triumph too,
A willing captive to my Lord,
And sing the victories of His word.

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you.-JOHN xvi. 7.

ENTHRONED on high, Almighty

The Holy Ghost send down;
Fulfil in us Thy faithful word,
And all Thy mercies crown.

2 Though on our heads no tongues of fire

Their wondrous powers impart ;
Grant, Saviour, what we more desire,
Thy Spirit in our heart.

3 Spirit of life, and light, and love!
Thy heavenly influence give:
Quicken our spirits from above,
That we in Christ may live.

4 To our benighted souls reveal
The glories of His grace; [ceal
And bring us where no clouds con-
The brightness of His face.

5 His love within us shed abroad,
Life's ever-springing well;
Till God in us, and we in God,
In love eternal dwell.

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ACTS i. 4.

ORD God, the Holy Ghost!
In this accepted hour,

As on the day of Pentecost,
Descend in all Thy power.

We meet with one accord
In our appointed place,

And wait the promise of our Lord,
The Spirit of all grace.

Like mighty, rushing wind,

Upon the waves beneath,

Move with one impulse every mind;

One soul, one feeling breathe.

From the celestial hills, Light, life, and joy dispense; And may I daily, hourly feel Thy quickening influence!

O melt this frozen heart, This stubborn will subdue; Each evil passion overcome, And form me all anew.

The profit will be mine, But Thine shall be the praise; Cheerful to Thee will I devote The remnant of my days.

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That we from God may ne'er depart. 4
Lead us to holiness-the road
That we must take to dwell with
God:

Lead us to Christ-the living way,
Nor let us from His pasture stray.
5 Lead us to God, our final rest,
In His enjoyment to be blest;
Lead us to heaven, the seat of bliss,
Where pleasure in perfection is.

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BENJAMIN BEDDOME. 1818.

S.M.

I will put My Spirit within you.
EZEK. XXXVi. 27.

COME, Holy Spirit, come!

Let Thy bright beams arise; Dispel all sorrow from our minds, All darkness from our eyes.

Convince us of our sin;

Then lead to Jesus' blood;

And, to our wondering view, reveal The secret love of God.

Revive our drooping faith,

Our doubts and fears remove; And kindle in our hearts the flame Of never-ceasing love.

'Tis Thine to cleanse the heart,
To sanctify the soul,

To pour fresh life in every part,
And new-create the whole.

Dwell, therefore, in our hearts; Our minds from bondage free; Then shall we know, and praise, and love,

The Father, Son, and Thee.

JOSEPH HART. 1759.