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JOY.

REJOICING IN CHRIST.

C. M.

FROM thee, my God, my joys shall rise,

And run eternal rounds,

Beyond the limits of the skies,
And all created bounds.

2 The holy triumphs of my soul
Shall death itself outbrave,
Leave dull mortality behind,
And fly beyond the grave.

3 There, where my blessed Jesus reigns,
In heaven's unmeasured space,
I'll spend a long eternity

In pleasure and in praise.

4 Millions of years my wondering eyes
Shall o'er thy beauties rove,
And endless ages I'll adore
The glories of thy love.

5 Sweet Jesus, every smile of thine
Shall fresh endearments bring,
And thousand tastes of new delight
From all thy graces spring.

6 Haste, my Beloved, fetch my soul
Up to thy blest abode:

Fly, for my spirit longs to see
My Saviour and my God.

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O'

REJOICING IN CHRIST.

! FOR a thousand tongues to sing
My dear Redeemer's praise;

The glories of my God and King,
The triumphs of his grace.

C. M.

2 My gracious Master, and my God,
Assist me to proclaim,

To spread through all the earth abroad,
The honours of thy name.

3 JESUS, the name that calms our fears,
That bids our sorrows cease;
'Tis music in the sinner's ears;
"Tis life, and health, and peace.

4 He breaks the power of reigning sin,
He sets the prisoner free;

His blood can make the foulest clean,
His blood availed for me.

5 Let us obey, we then shall know,
Shall feel our sins forgiven:
Anticipate our heaven below,
And own that love is heaven.

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REJOICING IN THE LIGHT.

BOUNDLESS glory, Lord, be thine ;

Thou hast made the darkness shine;

Thou hast sent a cheering ray ;
Thou hast turned our night to day.

2 Darkness long involved us round,
Till we knew the joyful sound:
Then our darkness fled away,
Chased by truth's effulgent ray.

3 They are blest, and none beside,
They, who in the truth abide ;
Clear the light that marks their way,
Leading to eternal day.

4 Guide us, Saviour, through the road,
Till we reach the saints' abode;
Till we see thee throned above,
As thou art, the God of love.

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HYMN OF PRAISE TO CHRIST. L. M.

JOIN, all who love the Saviour's name,

To sing his everlasting fame;

Great God, prepare each heart and voice,
In him for ever to rejoice.

2 With him I daily love to walk;
Of him my soul delights to talk;
On him I cast my every care;
Like him, one day, I shall appear.

3 Bless him, my soul, from day to day,
Trust him, to lead thee on thy way;
Give him thy poor, weak, sinful heart;
With him, O never, never part.

4 Take him for strength and righteousness,
Make him thy refuge in distress;
Love him, above all earthly joy,

And him in every thing employ.

5 Praise him in cheerful, grateful songs;
To him your highest praise belongs;
Bless him who does your heaven prepare,
And makes you meet his joy to share.

341 THE BELIEVER'S JOY IN LIFE AND DEATH. C. M.

OY is a fruit that will not grow

Joy

In nature's barren soil;

All we can boast, till Christ we know,
Is vanity and toil.

2 But where the Lord has planted grace,
And made his glories known,
There fruits of heavenly joy and peace
Are found, and there alone.

3 A bleeding Saviour seen by faith,
A sense of pardoning love,

A hope that triumphs over death,
Give joys like those above.

4 To take a glimpse within the veil;
To know that God is mine;
Are springs of joy, that never fail,
Unspeakable, divine.

5 These are the joys which satisfy
And sanctify the mind;

Which make the spirit mount on high,
And leave the world behind.

6 No more, believers, mourn your lot;
But since you are the Lord's,
Resign to them, that know him not,
Such joys as earth affords.

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BROTHERLY LOVE.

CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP.

BLEST be the tie that binds

Our hearts in Christian love;
The fellowship of kindred minds,
Is like to that above.

2 Before our Father's throne

We pour our ardent prayers:
Our fears, our hopes, our aims are one,
Our comforts and our cares.

3 We share our mutual woes,
Our mutual burdens bear,
And often for each other flows
The sympathizing tear.

4 When we asunder part,

It gives us inward pain;

But we shall still be joined in heart,
And hope to meet again.

S. M.

5 This glorious hope revives

Our courage by the way; While each in expectation lives, And longs to see the day.

6 From sorrow, toil, and pain,
And sin we shall be free;

And perfect love and friendship reign,
Through all eternity.

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FELLOWSHIP WITH THE SAINTS. C. M.

COME, let us join our friends above,

That have obtained the prize;

And on the eagle wings of love,
To joy celestial rise.

2 Let saints below his praises sing,
With those to glory gone;
For all the servants of our King,
In heaven and earth, are one.

3 One family, we dwell in him,
One church above, beneath :
Though now divided by the stream,
The narrow stream of death.

4 One army of the living God,

To his commands we bow;

Part of the host have crossed the flood,
And part are crossing now.

5 How many to their endless home,
This solemn moment fly!

And we are to the margin come,
And soon expect to die.

6 Dear Saviour, be our constant guide;
Then when the word is given,

Bid the cold waves of death divide,
And land us safe in heaven.