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LOVE divine, all loves excelling,

P. M.

Joy of heav'n to earth come down!

Fix in us thy humble dwelling

All thy faithful mercies crown.
Jesus, thou art all compassion;
Pure, unbounded love Thou art,
Visit us with thy salvation,

Enter ev'ry trembling heart.

2 Breathe, O breathe thy loving spirit
Into ev'ry troubled breast:
Let us all in Thee inherit,

Let us find thy promis'd rest;
Take away the love of sinning;
Alpha and Omega be;
End of faith, as its beginning,
Set our hearts at liberty.

3 Come, Almighty to deliver,
Let us all thy life receive;
Suddenly return, and never,

Never more thy temples leave:
Thee we would be always blessing;
Serve Thee, as thy hosts above;
Pray and praise Thee without ceasing;
Glory in thy dying love.

4 Carry on thy new creation,
Pure and holy may we be;
Let us see our whole salvation
Perfectly secur'd by Thee:

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Change from glory into glory,
'Till in heav'n we take our place;
'Till we cast our crowns before Thee,
Lost in wonder, love, and praise.

Looking to the Deliverer.

GOD of mercy and compassion,
Look with pity on my pain;

Hear a mournful broken spirit,
Prostrate at thy feet complain;
Many are my foes, and mighty,
Strength to conquer I have none :
Nothing can uphold my goings,
But thy blessed Self alone.

2 Saviour, look on thy beloved;
Triumph over all my foes;
Turn to heav'nly joy my mourning;
Turn to gladness all my woes:
Live, or die, or work, or suffer,
Let my weary soul abide,
In all changes whatsoever,

Sure and steadfast by thy side.

3 When temptations fierce assault me,
When my enemies I find;

Sin and guilt, and death, and satan,
All against my soul combin'd;
Hold me up in mighty waters,
Keep my eyes on things above,
Righteousness, divine atonement,
Peace, and everlasting love.

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"TIS

Spiritual Anxiety.

IS a point I long to know,
Oft it causes anxious thought,
Do I love the Lord, or no?
Am I his, or am I not?

2 If I love, why am I thus ?
Why this dull and lifeless frame?
Hardly, sure, can they be worse,
Who have never heard his name!

3 Could my heart so hard remain, Pray'r a task and burden prove; Ev'ry trifle give me pain,

If I knew a Saviour's love?

4 When I turn my eyes within,
All is dark, and vain, and wild;
Fill'd with unbelief and sin,
Can I deem myself a child?

5 If I pray, or hear, or read,
Sin is mix'd with all I do;
You that love the Lord indeed,
Tell me, is it thus with you?

6 Yet I mourn my stubborn will,
Find my sin a grief and thrall;
Should I grieve for what I feel,
If I did not love at all?

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7 Could I joy his saints to meet,
Choose the ways I once abhorr'd,
Find, at times, the promise sweet,
If I did not love the Lord?

8 Lord, decide the doubtful case;
Thou who art thy people's sun;
Shine upon thy work of grace,
If it be indeed begun.

9 Let me love Thee more and more,
If I love at all, I pray;

If I have not lov'd before,
Help me to begin to-day.

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The Ransom.

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SAY, where's thy hope? thou sinner say
Look ev'ry where, and ask around,

Who all the mighty debt can pay;
Can a fit ransom e'er be found?
Yes, Lord, before I drew my breath,
The Lamb for me had suffer'd death!

2 Far, far away, must satan fly,

Nor think me captive to detain:
For Jesus, when He deign'd to die,

My bondage broke, and burst my chain;
And conqu'ror in the dreadful fight,
My soul from thence becomes his right.

3 Take Thou possession of my heart,
Jesu, and make me live to Thee :
With Thee let nothing claim a part,
But Thou my All for ever be!
And give me, with thy saints above,
All joy in Thee, Thou God of love!

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Christ all in all.

GENTLE Jesus, lovely Lamb,
Thine, and only thine, I am;
Take my body, spirit, soul,
Only Thou possess the whole.

2 Thou my one thing needful be,
Let me ever cleave to Thee ;
Let me choose the better part,
Let me give Thee all my heart.

3 Fairer than the sons of men,
Do not let me turn again,
Leave the fountain head of bliss,
Stoop to creature happiness!

4 Whom have I on earth below?
Only Thee I'd wish to know:
Whom have I, in heav'n, but Thee?
Thou art all in all to me.

5 All my treasure is above,

All my riches is thy love:

Who the worth of love can tell?

Infinite! unsearchable !

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