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5 Show me what I have to do,
Every hour my strength renew;
Let me live a life of faith,
Let me die thy people's death.

Gen. 32 26.

1 LORD! I cannot let thee go,
Till a blessing thou bestow;
Do not turn away thy face,
Mine's an urgent, pressing case.
2 Once a sinner, near despair,
Sought thy mercy-seat by prayer;
Mercy heard and set him free-
Lord! that mercy came to me.

3 Many days have passed since then,
Many changes I have seen;
Yet have been upheld till now;
Who could hold me up but thou?

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4 Thou hast helped in every need-
This emboldens me to plead ;
After so much mercy past,
Canst thou let me sink at last?

5 No-I must maintain my hold;
'Tis thy goodness makes me bold;
I can no denial take,

Since I plead for Jesus' sake.

Col. 4. 2.

1 HEAVENLY Father, sovereign Lord,
Be thy glorious name adored!
Lord, thy mercies never fail;
Hail, celestial goodness, hail!

2 Though unworthy, Lord, thine ear,
Deign our humble songs to hear;
Purer praise we hope to bring,
When around thy throne we sing.

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3 While on earth ordained to stay,
Guide our footsteps in thy way,
Till we come to dwell with thee,
Till we all thy glory see.

4 Then, with angel-harps again,
We will wake a nobler strain;
There, in joyful songs of praise,
Our triumphant voices raise.

Eph. 6 18.

grace

1 THEY Who seek the throne of
Find that throne in every place;
If we live a life of prayer,
God is present everywhere.

2 In our sickness and our health,
In our want, or in our wealth,
If we look to God in prayer,
God is present every where.
3 When our earthly comforts fail,
When the foes of life prevail,
'Tis the time for earnest prayer;
God is present everywhere.

4 Then, my soul, in every strait,
To thy Father come, and wait;
He will answer every prayer:
God is present everywhere.

Isa. 56:7.

1 SOFT and holy is the place,

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Where the light that beams from heaven Shows the Saviour's smiling face,

With the joy of sin forgiven.

2 There, with one accord we meet,
All the words of life to hear;
Bending low at Jesus' feet,
Worshiping with godly fear.

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3 Let the world and all its cares
Now retire from every breast ;
Let the tempter and his snares

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Cease to hinder or molest.

4 Precious Sabbath of the Lord,
Fairest type of heaven above!
Purest joy thy scenes afford

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To the heart that's tuned to love.

Acts 16 13.

1 HEAVENLY Spirit! may each heart
Through these sacred hours be thine,
May we from the world depart,

Breathing after things divine.

2 Lead us forth with joy and peace,
To thy temple, in thy ways;
And when this sweet day shall cease,
May its sun go down with praise.

Acts 10: 33.

1 STEALING from the world away,
We are come to seek thy face;
Kindly meet us, Lord, we pray,
Grant us thy reviving grace.

2 Yonder stars that gild the sky
Shine but with a borrowed light;
We, unless thy light be nigh,
Wander, wrapt in gloomy night.
3 Sun of Righteousness! dispel
All our darkness, doubts, and fears;
May thy light within us dwell,
Till eternal day appears.

and praise,

4 Warm our hearts in prayer
Lift our every thought above;
Hear the grateful songs we raise,
Fill us with thy perfect love.

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Adoption.-1 John 3: 1.

1 Nor all the nobles of the earth,
Who boast the honors of their birth,
So high a dignity can claim,

As those who bear the Christian name.

2 To them the privilege is given
To be the sons and heirs of heaven ;
Sons of the God who reigns on high,
And heirs of joy beyond the sky.
3 His will he makes them early know,
And teaches their young feet to go;
Whispers instruction to their minds,
And on their hearts his precepts binds.
4 Their daily wants his hands supply,
Their steps he guards with watchful eye;
Leads them from earth to heaven above,
And crowns them with eternal love.

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Perseverance.-Rom. 8:33.

1 WHO shall the Lord's elect condemn?
'Tis God who justifies their souls;
And mercy, like a mighty stream,
O'er all their sins divinely rolls.

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2 Who shall adjudge the saints to hell?
"T is Christ who suffered in their stead;
And their salvation to fulfill,

Behold him rising from the dead!

3 He lives! he lives! and sits above,
Forever interceding there:
Who shall divide us from his love,
Or what shall tempt us to despair?

4 Shall persecution, or distress,

Famine, or sword, or nakedness?
He who hath loved us bears us through,
And makes us more than conquerors too!

5 Not all that men on earth can do,

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Nor powers on high, nor powers below,
Shall cause his mercy to remove,

Or wean our hearts from Christ, our love.

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1 LORD, how secure and blest are they,
Who feel the joys of pardoned sin !
Should storms of wrath shake earth and sea,
Their minds have heaven and peace within.

2 The day glides swiftly o'er their heads,
Made up of innocence and love;
And soft and silent, as the shades,
Their nightly minutes gently move.

3 Quick as their thoughts their joys come on,
But fly not half so swift away:
Their souls are ever bright as noon,
And calm as summer evenings be.
4 How oft they look to heavenly hills,
Where streams of living pleasures flow;
And longing hopes and cheerful smiles
Sit undisturbed upon their brow.

5 They scorn to seek earth's golden toys,
But spend the day, and share the night,
In numbering o'er the richer joys

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That heaven prepares for their delight.

Christ's Intercession.-Heb. 7. 25.

1 HE lives! the great Redeemer lives!
What joy the blest assurance gives!
And now, before his Father, God,
Pleads the full merit of his blood.

2 Repeated crimes awake our fears,
And justice armed with frowns appears;
But in the Saviour's lovely face
Sweet mercy smiles, and all is peace.

L. M.

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