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Let every heart exult with joy,
And every voice be song!

2 On Him the Spirit, largely shed,
Exerts its sacred fire;

Wisdom and might, and zeal and love,
His holy breast inspire.

3 He comes! the prisoners to relieve
In Satan's bondage held;

The gates of brass before him burst,
The iron fetters yield.

4 He comes! from darkening scales of vice
To clear the inward sight,
And on the eye-balls of the blind,
To pour celestial light.

5 He comes! the broken hearts to bind,
The bleeding souls to cure,

And with the treasures of his grace
Enrich the humble poor.

6 The sacred year has now revolved,
Accepted of the Lord,

When Heaven's high promise is fulfill'd,
And Israel is restored.

7 Our glad hosannahs, Prince of Peace!
Thy welcome shall proclaim;
And heaven's exalted arches ring
With thy most honour'd name.

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The one thing needful.-Luke x. 42.
1 WHY will ye lavish out your years
Amidst a thousand trifling cares?
While in this various range of thought
The one thing needful is forgot?

2 Why will ye chase the fleeting wind
And famish an immortal mind?
While angels with regret look down
To see you spurn a heavenly crown?

3 Th' Eternal God calls from above,
And Jesus pleads his dying love;
Awaken'd conscience gives you pain;
And shall they join their pleas in vain?

4 Not so your dying eyes shall view
Those objects which ye now pursue;
Not so shall heaven and hell appear,
When the decisive hour is near.

5 Almighty God, thy power impart,
To fix convictions on the heart;
Thy power unveils the blindest eyes,
And makes the haughtiest scorner wise.

89.

Joy in heaven over repenting sinners.-Luke xv. 7—10.

1 WHO can describe the joys that rise
Through all the courts of paradise
To see a prodigal return,

To see an heir of glory born?

2 With joy the Father doth approve
The fruit of his eternal love;

The Son with joy looks down and sees
The purchase of his agonies.

3 The Spirit takes delight to view
The holy soul He form'd anew;
And saints and angels join to sing
The growing empire of their King.

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90.

The Prodigal Son.-Luke xv. 11-32.

THEE, O my God, and King,

My Father, thee I sing!

Hear, well-pleased, the joyous sound,

Praise from earth and heaven receive;

Lost, I now in Christ am found.

Dead,-by faith in Christ live.

2 Father, behold thy son;

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Through Christ I am thy own:
Stranger long to Thee, and rest,
See the prodigal is come:
Open wide thine arms and breast,
Take the weary wanderer home.

Thine eye observed from far:
Thy pity look'd me near:
Me thy bowels yearn'd to see;
Me thy mercy ran to find,
Empty, poor, and void of Thee,

Hungry, sick, and faint, and blind.

Thou on my neck didst fall,
Thy kiss forgave me all:

Still thy gracious words I hear,

Words that made the Saviour mine:

"Haste, for him the robe prepare,
"His be righteousness divine!"

91.

The Pharisee and the Publican.-Luke xviii. 10.

1 BEHOLD how sinners disagree,
The Publican and Pharisee!

One doth his righteousness proclaim,
The other owns his guilt and shame.

2 This man at humble distance stands,
And cries for grace with lifted hands;
That boldly rises near the throne,
And talks of duties he has done.

3 The Lord their different language knows,
And different answers He bestows;
The humble soul with grace He crowns,
Whilst on the proud his anger frowns.

4 Dear Father, let me never be
Join'd with the boasting Pharisee;
I have no merits of my own,

But plead the sufferings of thy Son.

92.

Sincerity.-John i. 47.

1 AM I an Israelite indeed,

Without a false disguise?

Have I renounced my sins, and left
My refuges of lies?

2 Say, does my heart unchanged remain
Or is it form'd anew?

What is the rule by which I walk;
The object I pursue?

3 Cause me, O God of truth and grace,
My real state to know!
If I am wrong, O set me right;
If right preserve me so.

93.

The brazen serpent.-John iii. 14.

1 WHEN poison spreading through their veins
Made Israel mourn their sin,
Eternal mercy eased their pains,
And healed the grief within.

2 A brazen serpent high was raised,
Salvation to procure;

The wounded looked, the living praised,
The dying found a cure.

3 Sinners who feel the deadly sting,
And mourn their follies past,
May now their sins and sorrows bring,
And free salvation taste.

4 See Jesus crucified and slain,

Behold him raised on high,

One look will save from endless pain,
O look, and never die!

94.

God is a Spirit.-John iv. 24.
1 GOD is a Spirit just and wise,
He sees our inmost mind;

In vain to heaven we raise our cries,
And leave our souls behind.

2 In spirit and in truth alone

We must present our prayer; The formal and the false are known Through the disguise they wear. 3 Their lifted eyes salute the skies, Their bending knees the ground; But God abhors the sacrifice, Where not the heart is found.

95.

Apostacy.-John vi. 67.

1 WHEN any turn from Zion's way, Alas! what numbers do! Methinks I hear my Saviour say, "Wilt thou forsake me too?"

2 Ah, Lord! with such a heart as mine, Unless Thou hold me fast,

I feel I must, I shall decline,
And prove like them at last.

3 Yet Thou alone hast power, I know,
To save a wretch like me;
To whom, or whither, could I go,
If I should turn from Thee?

4 Beyond a doubt I rest assured
Thou art the Christ of God,
Who has eternal life secured
By promise and by blood.

5 No voice but thine can give me rest,
And bid my fears depart;

No love but thine can make me bless'd,
And satisfy my heart.

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