6 How sweet the prospect is!

It cheers each pilgrim breast: We're trav'ling thro' the wilderness, And soon shall take our rest.

UNITY OF JESUS' CHURCH.

76.

1 HAPPY our souls to Jesus join'd,
And sav'd by grace alone;

While in thy ways of grace we find
Our heav'n on earth begun,

2 The church triumphant in thy love,
Their mighty joys we know ;
They sing the Lamb in hymns above,
And we in hymns below.

3 Thee, in thy glorious realms, they praise,
And bow before thy throne;
We, in the kingdom of thy grace,—
The kingdom is but one.

4 The holy to the holiest leads;
And hence our spirits rise;
For we who in thy footsteps tread,
Shall meet thee in the skies!

5 There, one with all the blood-bought race, We shall for ever be;

And sing the vict'ries of thy grace
Thro' all eternity.

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CELESTIAL VISIONS.

77.

ET us surmount these lower skies,
And look within the veil ;

There springs of hallow'd pleasures rise,
Whose waters never fail.

2 There faith beholds, with vast delight, Th' eternal Three in One; And strong affections fix our sight

On Christ th' exalted Son.

3 His promise stands for ever sure;
His grace shall ne'er depart;
He binds our names upon his arm,
And seals them on his heart.

4 We would not here be strangers still
To that celestial place,

Where we for ever hope to dwell,
Near our Redeemer's face.

78.

1

NOT

Have we beheld the Lord;

Yet we rejoice, and love thy name,
And rest upon thy Word.

2 When faith brings near the sight
Of thy most glorious face,

Then, Lord! with rich and vast delight
We dwell upon thy grace.

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3 And when we taste thy love,
Our joys divinely grow
Unspeakable, like those above,
And heav'n begins below.

4 Shine, Lord! and let us know
The fulness of thy love;
And to our longing spirits shew
Thy radiant throne above.

5 Then, as in bliss we rise,

We'll rise in grateful song;
Then waft to thee, beyond the skies,
And sweetest praise prolong.

79.

1 FOR a sweet inspiring ray
To animate our feeble strains,
From the bright realms of endless day,

The blissful realms where Jesus reigns!

2 There, low before his glorious throne, Adoring Saints and Angels fall; And, in delightful worship, own

His smile their bliss, their heav'n, their all.

3 Immortal glories crown his head,
While sweetest hallelujahs rise;
And love, and joy, and triumphs spread,
Thro' all th' assembly of the skies.

4 He smiles! they tune their lofty songs
To boundless rapture, while they gaze;

Ten thousand thousand joyful tongues
Resound his everlasting praise.

5 There all the fav'rites of the Lamb
Shall join at last the heav'nly choir;
Then let the joy-inspiring theme,
Awake our hope and warm desire.
6 Blest Jesus! let thy Spirit seal

Our interest in that blissful place!
Till death removes this mortal veil,
And we behold thee face to face.

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CELESTIAL PROSPECT.

80.

ORD Jesus! warm each languid heart;
Inspire each feeble tongue;

And let the joys of heav'n impart

Their fervour to our song.

2 There, on a throne of dazzling light,
Th' exalted Saviour reigns ;
And sheds ineffable delight

On all the heav'nly minds.

3 There we, the followers of the Lamb,
Shall join immortal songs;
And endless honor to his name
Employ our tuneful tongues.

4 There we, from sin for ever free,
Shall mourn its pow'r no more;
But cloth'd in spotless purity,
Redeeming love adore.

5 Lord, fill our hearts with praise and love; Our feeble notes inspire;

Till in thy blissful courts above,
We join the glorious choir.

81.

LORD! when shall we see thee array'd,

With glory and light as above?

The King in his beauty display'd-
His beauty of holiest love?
We languish and sigh to be there,
Where high thou hast fix'd thine abode ;
Oh! when shall we meet in the air,
And fly to the mountain of God!

2 With thee, we on Sion shall stand;
In truth thou hast spoken the word;
Even now we behold the bright land,
By faith in the light of our Lord:
But when on thy bosom reclin'd,
Thy face we are favor'd to see,
Our fulness of rapture we find—
Our heaven of heavens in thee!

3 How happy thy people, who dwell
At home in the city above;
No sin they for ever shall feel,

No sickness or sorrow shall prove :
Lord! shew us our oneness with thee;
The witness of holiness give;

And then from the body set free;

And then to the city receive.