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117 The song of Moses and the Lamb.
ISRAEL, thy tribute bring

To God's victorious name;
The song of Moses sing,
Of Moses and the Lamb:
Improve his lays;
The theme exceeds,
And nobler deeds
Demand our praise.

2 The prince of hell arose
With impious rage and pride,
And 'midst our num'rous foes
Our feeble pow'r defy'd ;
"I will o'ertake,

And I destroy,

My hand with joy

Shall force thee back."

3 Thy hand, Almighty Lord,
Thy trembling Israel saves;
Thine unresisted word

Divides the threat'ning waves:
Thy hosts pass o'er;

The foe o'erthrown
Sinks like a stone
To rise no more.

4 Our triumphs we prepare,
And cheerful anthems raise;
Jehovah's arm made bare
Demands immortal praise;

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And while we sing,
Ye shores proclaim
His wond'rous name.
Ye deserts, ring.

5 Through all the wilderness
Thy presence, Lord, shall lead;
And bring us to the place,
Thy sov'reign love decreed;
Those blissful plains,
Where all around
Hosannas sound,

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And transport reigns.

WHAT

Protecting love.

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THAT though my frail eye-lids refuse
Continual watching to keep,

And punctual as midnight renews,
Demand the refreshment of sleep,
A sov'reign protector I have,
Unseen, yet for ever at hand;
Unchangeably faithful to save,
Almighty to rule and command.

2 From evil secure, and its dread,
I rest, if my Saviour is nigh;
And songs his kind presence indeed,
Shall in the night-season supply:
He smiles, and my comforts abound;
His grace as the dew shall descend;
And walls of salvation surround,

The soul He delights to defend.

3 Kind author and ground of my hope, Thee, Thee, for my God I avow; My glad Ebenezer set up,

And own thou hast help'd me till now. I muse on the years that are past, Wherein my defence thou hast prov'd; Nor wilt thou relinquish at last, A sinner so signally lov'd.

4 Inspirer and hearer of pray'r,
Thou feeder and guardian of thine,
My all to thy covenant-care

I sleeping and waking, resign:
If thou art my shield and my sun,
The night is no darkness to me;
And, fast as my moments roll on,
They bring me nearer to thee.

5 Thy minist'ring spirits descend,

To watch while thy saints are asleep; By day and by night they attend, The heirs of salvation to keep: Bright seraphs, dispatch'd from the throne, Repair to their stations assign'd; And angels elect are sent down, To guard the elect of mankind.

6 Their worship no interval knows;

Their fervour is still on the wing; And while they protect my repose, They chaunt to the praise of my King;

I too, at the season ordain'd,
Their chorus for ever shall join,
And love and adore without end,
Their faithful Creator, and mine.

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Assurance.

DEBTOR to mercy alone,
Of covenant mercy I sing:

Nor fear with thy righteousness on,
My person and off'ring to bring.
The terrors of law and of God

With me can have nothing to do;
My Saviour's obedience and blood
Hide all my transgressions from view.

P. M.

2 The work which his goodness began,
The arm of his strength will complete;
His promise is Yea and Amen,

And never was forfeited yet.
Things future, nor things that are now,
Not all things below nor above,
Can make Him his purpose forego,
Or sever my soul from his love.

3 My name from the palms of his hands
Eternity will not erase;
Imprest on his heart it remains
In marks of indelible grace:
Yes, I to the end shall endure,
As sure as the earnest is given;
More happy, but not more secure,
The glorify'd spirits in heav'n.

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MY God, the cov'nant of thy love

Abides for ever sure,

And in its matchless grace I feel
My happiness secure.

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2 What though my house be not with Thee,
As nature could desire?
To nobler joys than nature gives,
Thy servants shall aspire.

3 Since thou, the everlasting God,
My Father art become;
Jesus, my guardian, and my friend,
And heav'n my final home;

4 I welcome all thy sov'reign will;
For all that will is love:

And when I know not what thou do'st,
I wait the light above.

5 Thy cov❜nant in the darkest gloom
Shall heav'nly rays impart,

Which, when my eye-lids close in death,
Shall warm my chilling heart.

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Light shining out of darkness.

GOD moves in a mysterious way,

His wonders to perform:

He plants his footsteps in the sea,
And rides upon the storm.

C. M.

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