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6 He loves his enemies, and prays
For those that curse him to his face;
And doth to all men still the same
That he would hope or wish from them.

7 Yet, when his holiest works are done,
His soul depends on grace alone:
This is the man thy face shall see,
And dwell for ever, Lord, with thee.

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FIRST PART.

L. M.

PRESERVE me, Lord, in time of need:

For succour to thy throne I flee,

But have no merits there to plead :
My goodness cannot reach to thee.

2 Oft have my heart and tongue confessed
How empty and how poor I am:
My praise can never make thee blest,
Nor add new glories to thy name.

3 Yet, Lord, thy saints on earth may reap
Some profit by the good we do;
These are the company I keep,

These are the choicest friends I know.
4 How fast their guilt and sorrows rise,
Who haste to seek some idol-god!
I will not taste their sacrifice,
Their offerings of forbidden blood.
5 My God provides a richer cup,
And nobler food to live upon;
He for my life has offered up
Jesus, his best beloved Son.
6 His love is my perpetual feast;
By day his counsels guide me right;
And be his name for ever blest,
Who gives me sweet advice by night.
7 I set him still before mine eyes;
At my right hand he stands prepared

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To keep my soul from all surprise,
And be my everlasting guard.

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WHEN God is nigh, my faith is strong,

His arm is my almighty prop:

Be glad my heart, rejoice my tongue,
My dying flesh shall rest in hope.
2 Though in the dust I lay my head,
Yet, gracious God, thou wilt not leave
My soul for ever with the dead,
Nor lose thy children in the grave.

3 My flesh shall thy first call obey,
Shake off the dust and rise on high;
Then shalt thou lead the wondrous way
Up to thy throne above the sky.

4 There streams of endless pleasure flow;
And full discoveries of thy grace,

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Which we but tasted here below,

Spread heavenly joys through all the place. L. M.

LORD, I am thine; but thou wilt prove

My faith, my patience, and my love;

When men of spite against me join, They are the sword, the hand is thine. 2 Their hope and portion lie below; 'Tis all the happiness they know: 'Tis all they seek; they take their shares, And leave the rest among their heirs. 3 What sinners value, I resign; Lord, 'tis enough that thou art mine: I shall behold thy blissful face, And stand complete in righteousness. 4 This life's a dream, an empty show; But the bright world to which I go Hath joys substantial and sincere ; When shall I wake and find me there?

5 O glorious hour! O blest abode !
I shall be near, and like my God;
And flesh and sin no more control
The sacred pleasures of the soul.

6 My flesh shall slumber in the ground,
Till the last trumpet's joyful sound;
Then burst the chains with sweet surprise,
And in my Saviour's image rise.

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HEE will I love, O Lord, my strength, My rock, my tower, my high defence; Thy mighty arm shall be my trust,

For I have found salvation thence.

2 Death and the terrors of the grave,
Stood round me with their dismal shade;
While floods of high temptation rose,
And made my sinking soul afraid.
3 I saw the opening gates of hell,
With endless pains and sorrows there,
Which none but they that feel can tell,
While I was hurried to despair.

4 In my distress I called my God,
When I could scarce believe him mine;
He bowed his ear to my complaint,
And proved his saving grace divine.
5 With speed he flew to my relief,
As on a cherub's wing he rode;
Awful and bright as lightning shone
The face of my deliverer, God.
6 Temptations fled at his rebuke,
The blast of his almighty breath;
He sent salvation from on high,
And drew me from the deeps of death.

7 Great were my fears, my foes were great,

Much was their strength, and more their rage;

But Christ, my Lord, is conqueror still.
In all the wars the proud can wage.
8 My song for ever shall record
That terrible, that joyful hour;
And give the glory to the Lord,
Due to his mercy and his power.

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SECOND PART.

L. M.

LORD, thou hast seen my soul sincere, Hast made thy truth and love appear; Before mine eyes I set thy laws,

And thou hast owned my righteous cause. 2 Since I have learned thy holy ways, I've walked upright before thy face: Or if my feet did e'er depart,

Thy love reclaimed my wandering heart. 3 What sore temptations broke my

rest!
What wars and strugglings in my breast!
But through thy grace that reigns within,
I guard against my darling sin.

4 That sin that close besets me still,
That works and strives against my will;
When shall thy Spirit's sovereign power
Destroy it, that it rise no more?

5 With an impartial hand, the Lord
Deals out to mortals their reward;
The kind and faithful souls shall find
A God more faithful and more kind.

6 The just and pure shall ever say,

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Thou art more pure, more just than they :
And men that love revenge shall know,

God hath an arm of vengeance too.

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UST are thy ways, and true thy word,

Great Rock of my secure abode;

Who is a God beside the Lord?
Or where's a refuge like our God?

2 'Tis he that girds me with his might,
Gives me his holy sword to wield;
And, while with sin and hell I fight,
Spreads his salvation for my shield.

3 He lives, and blessings crown his reign,
The God of my salvation lives:
The dark designs of hell are vain,
While heavenly peace my Father gives.
4 Before the scoffers of the age,
I will exalt my Father's name;
Nor tremble at their mighty rage,
But meet reproach, and bear the shame.
5 To David and his royal seed
Thy grace for ever shall extend:

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Thy love to saints, in Christ their head,
Knows not a limit, nor an end.

FIRST PART.

BEHOLD the lofty sky

Declares its Maker, God!

And all the starry works on high
Proclaim his power abroad.

2 The darkness and the light

Still keep their course the same; While night to day, and day to night, Divinely teach his name.

3 In every different land,

Their general voice is known;
They show the wonders of his hand,
And orders of his throne.

4 Ye Christian lands, rejoice,
Here he reveals his word;
We are not left to nature's voice
To bid us know the Lord.

5 His statutes and commands

Are set before our eyes;

S. M.

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