7 Come quickly, gracious Lord, and take Possession of thine own;

My longing heart vouchsafe to make
Thine everlasting throne.

8 Assert thy claim, maintain thy right,
Come quickly from above;
And sink me to perfection's height,
The depth of humble love.
Hamilton.] HYMN 246. L. M.

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JESUS, thou everlasting King,

Accept the tribute which we bring!
Accept thy well-desery'd renown,
And wear our praises as thy crown.
2 Let every act of worship be,

Like our espousals, Lord, to thee:
Like the blest hour when from above,
We first receiv'd the pledge of love.
3 The gladness of that happy day,
O may it ever, ever stay!

Nor let our faith forsake its hold,
Nor hope decline, nor love grow cold!
4 Each following minute as it flies,
Increase thy praise, improve our joys,
Till we are rais'd to sing thy name,
At the great supper of the Lamb.
Light-Street.] HYMN 247. 8 lines &'s.

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HOU Shepherd of Israel and mine,

The joy and desire of my heart,

For closer communion I pine,

I long to reside where thou art; The pasture I languish to find,

Where all who their Shepherd obey,

Are fed on thy bosom reclin'd,

And screen'd from the heat of the day.

6 This hath set me all on fire;

Strongly glows the flame of love;
Higher mounts my soul, and higher,
Struggles for its swift remove;
Then I'll praise him, &c.
In a nobler strain above!
Paradise.] HYMN 274. C. M.

H Who knows his sins forgiven!

OW happy every child of grace,

This earth, he cries, is not my place,
I seek my place in heaven:
A country far from mortal sight,
Yet O! by faith I see;

The land of rest, the saints' delight,
The heaven prepar'd for me.

2 O what a blessed hope is ours!
While here on earth we stay,

We

We more than taste the heavenly powers,
And antedate that day;

We feel the resurrection near,

Our life in Christ conceal'd,

And with his glorious presence here
Our earthen vessels fill'd.

3 O would he more of heaven bestow!
And let the vessels break;
And let our ransom'd spirits go,
To grasp the God we seek;
In rapturous awe on him to gaze,
Who bought the sight for me,
And shout and wonder at his grace.
To all eternity.

Triumph.] HYMN 275. P. M.

HWe joyfully adore thee;

[EAD of the church triumphant,

Till thou appear, thy members here
Shall sing like those in glory:

We lift our hearts and voices
With blest anticipation,
And cry aloud, and give to God
The praise of our salvation.

2 While in affliction's furnace,
And passing through the fire,

Thy love we praise which knows no days,
And ever brings us nigher:
We clap our hands exulting

In thine almighty favour;

The love divine, which made us thine,
Can keep us thine for ever.

3 Thou dost conduct thy people
Through torrents of temptation;

Nor will we fear while thou art near,
The fire of tribulation;

The world, with sin and Satan,

In vain our march opposes;

By thee we shall break through them all,
And sing the song of Moses.

4 By faith we see the glory,

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To which thou shalt restore us,
The cross despise for that high prize,
Which thou hast set before us:

And if thou count us worthy,

We each, as dying Stephen,

Shall see thee stand at God's right-hand, To take us up to heaven.

Sharon.] HYMN 276. S. M.

ALMIGHTY Maker, God,

How glorious is thy name!
Thy wonders how diffus'd abroad,
Throughout creation's frame!
In native white and red
The rose and lily stand,

And free from pride, their beauties spread,

To show thy skilful hand.

3 The lark mounts up the sky

With unambitious song;

And bears her Maker's praise on high

Upon her artless tongue.

4 Fain would I rise and sing To my Creator too;

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Fain would my heart adore my King,
And give him praises due.

Descend, celestial fire,

And seize me from above!

Wrap me in flames of pure desire,
A sacrifice of love.

Let joy and worship spend
The remnant of my days:
And to my God my soul ascend,
In sweet perfumes of praise.

Portuguese.] HYMN 277. 10's & 11's.

Rin Jesus's power, in Jesus's love:

EJOICE evermore with angels above.

With glad exultation your triumph proclaim, Ascribing salvation to God and the Lamb!

2 Thou, Lord, our relief in trouble hast been,
Hast sav'd us from grief, hast sav'd us from sin;
The power of thy Spirit hath set our hearts free,
And now we inherit all fulness in thee.

3 All fulness of peace, all fulness of joy,
And spiritual bliss that never shall cloy;
To us it is given in Jesus to know,
A kingdom of heaven, a heaven below.

4 No longer we join, while sinners invite :
Nor envy the swine their brutish delight;
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Their joy is all sadness, their mirth is all vain ;
Their laughter is madness, their pleasure is pain.
50 might they at last with sorrow return,
The pleasures to taste for which they were born;
Our Jesus receiving, our happiness prove,
The joy of believing, the heaven of love.

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Baltimore. HYMN 278. 6 6's & 2 8's.

YFar from the path of peace,

E simple souls, that stray

That unfrequented way

To life and happiness :-
How long will ye your folly love,
And throng the downward road,
And hate the wisdom from above,
And mock the sons of God!

2 Madness and misery,

Ye count our lives beneath,
And nothing great can see,
Or glorious in our death!
As born to suffer and to grieve,
Beneath your feet we lie;
And utterly contemn'd we live,
And unlamented die.

3 Poor pensive sojourners,

O'erwhelm'd with grief and woes,
Perplex'd with needless fears,
And pleasure's mortal foes;
More irksome than a gaping tomb,
Our sight ye cannot bear,
Wrapt in the melancholy gloom
Of fanciful despair.

4 So wretched and obscure,
The men whom ye despise,
So foolish, weak, and poor,
Above your scorn we rise: