Find, at times, the promise sweet,
If I did, not love thee, Lord?

8 Lord, decide the doubtful cafe!
Thou, who art thy people's fun;
Shine upon thy work of grace,
If it be indeed begun.

9 Let me love thee more and more,
If I love at all, I pray;

If I have not lov'd before,
Help me to begin to-day.

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REJOICING AND PRAISE.

HYMN CXLIII,

YThe pris'ners of the Lord,

E happy finners, hear,

And wait till Chrift appear,
According to his word;

Rejoice in hope, rejoice with me,
We shall from all our fins be free.

2 The Lord, our righteousness,
We have long fince receiv'd;
Salvation nearer is

Than when we first believ'd;
Rejoice in hope, rejoice with me,
We shall from all our fins be free.

3 In God we put our trust;
If we our fins confefs,
Faithful he is, and juft,
From all unrighteousness

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To cleanfe us all, both you and me, We shall from all our fins be free.

4 Surely in us the hope

Of glory fhall appear;
Sinners, your heads lift up,

And fee redemption near;
Again, I fay, rejoice with me,
We fhall from all our fins be free.

5 Who Jefu's fuff'rings share,
My fellow-pris'ners now,
Ye foon the wreath fhall wear
On your triumphant brow :
Rejoice in hope, rejoice with me,
We fhall from all our fins be free.

6 The word of God is fure,

And never can remove,
We fhall in heart be pure,
And perfected in love:

Rejoice in hope, rejoice with me,
We fhall from all our fins be free.

7 Then let us gladly bring

Our facrifice of praife,
Let us give thanks, and fing,
And glory in his grace:

Rejoice in hope, rejoice with me,
We fhall from all our fins be free.

HYMN CXLIV. S. M.

COM

OME, ye that love the Lord, And let your joys be known; Join in a fong, with fweet accord, While ye furround his throne;

Let thofe refufe to fing

Who never knew our God; But fervants of the heav'nly King May speak their joys abroad.

2 The God that rules on high,
That all the earth furveys,
That rides upon the ftormy sky,
And calms the roaring feas:
This awful God is ours,

Our Father and our Love:
He will fend down his heav'nly pow'rs
To carry us above.

3 There we shall see his face,
And never, never fin!

There from the rivers of his grace,
Drink endless pleasures in:

Yea, and before we rise

To that immortal ftate,

The thoughts of fuch amazing blifs
Should conftant joys create.

4 The men of grace have found
Glory begun below;

Celestial fruit on earthly ground
From faith and hope may grow:
Then let our fongs abound,

And ev'ry tear be dry;

We're marching thro' Immanuel's ground
To fairer worlds on high.

HYMN CXLV. L. M

APPY the man that finds the grace,

'H The blefing of God's chofen race

The wisdom coming from above,
The faith that fweetly works by love.
2 Happy beyond defcription he,
Who knows the Saviour dy'd for me,
The gift unfpeakable obtains,

And heav'nly understanding gains.

3 Wisdom divine! Who tells the price Of wisdom's coftly merchandife? Wisdom to filver we prefer,

And gold is drofs compar'd to her.

4 Her hands are fill'd with length of days,
True riches and immortal praise :
Riches of Christ on all beftow'd,
And honour that defcends from God.
5 To pureft joys the all invites,
Chafte, holy, fpiritual delights;
Her ways are ways of pleasantness,
And all her flow'ry paths are peace.
6 Happy the man who wisdom gains;
Thrice happy who his gueft retains;
He owns, and fhall for ever own,
Wisdom, and Christ, and heav'n are one.

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HYMN CXLVI. C. M.

APPY the fouls to Jefus join'd,
And fav'd by grace alone;

Walking in all his ways, they find
Their heav'n on earth begun.

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

3 Thee, in thy glorious realm, they praise,
And bow before thy throne!
We in the kingdom of thy grace;
The kingdoms are but one.

4 The holy to the holieft leads;
From thence our fpirits rife;
And he that in thy ftatutes treads,
Shall meet thee in the fkies.

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HYMN CXLVII.

LET earth and hear he

Angels and men be join'd,

To celebrate with me

The Saviour of mankind:
T'adore the all-atoning Lamb,
And bless the found of Jefu's name.

. Jefus! tranfporting found!

3

The joy of earth and heav'n;
No other help is found,

No other name is giv'n,

By which we can falvation have,
But Jefus came the world to fave.

Jefus harmonious name!

It charms the hosts above;
They evermore proclaim,

And wonder at his love;

'Tis all their happiness to gaze,
'Tis heav'n to fee our Jefu's face.

His name the finner bears,

And is from fin fet free;

"Tis mufic in his ears;

'Tis life and victory;