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439 He that believeth on Me hath everlasting life.

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John vi. 47.

IFE eternal! Life eternal !

Words that pierce the heart with fire; Life eternal! Life eternal !

How my soul doth Thee desire !

2 Life eternal! Life eternal !

Hope of hopes to mortal man ;
Life eternal life eternal!

I will grasp thee if I can.

3 Life eternal! life eternal!

Depth of depth of bliss unknown;
Life eternal life eternal!

Thee I seek in Christ alone.

C.M. E. H. BICKERSTETH.

440 In whom we have redemption.—Col. i. 14.

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JESUS, Saviour of the lost,
My Rock and hiding-place,
By storms of sin and sorrow tossed,
I seek Thy sheltering grace.

2 Guilty, forgive me, Lord, I cry;
Pursued by foes I come;

A sinner, save me, or I die;
An outcast take me home.

3 Once safe in Thine almighty arms,
Let storms come on amain;
There danger never never harms;
There death itself is gain.

4 And when I stand before Thy throne,
And all Thy glory see,

Still be my righteousness alone
To hide myself in Thee.

RAY PALMER.

441 I live by the faith of the Son of God.-Gal.ii.20.

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Y faith looks up to Thee,
Thou Lamb of Calvary,
Saviour divine :

Now hear me while I pray ;
Take all my guilt away;
O let me from this day
Be wholly Thine.

2 May Thy rich grace impart
Strength to my fainting heart,
My zeal inspire :

As thou hast died for me,
O may my love to Thee
Pure, warm, and changeless be,
A living fire.

3 While life's dark maze I tread,
And griefs around me spread,
Be Thou my guide;

Bid darkness turn to day,
Wipe sorrow's tears away,
Nor let me ever stray
From Thee aside.

4 When ends life's transient dream,
When death's cold, sullen stream
Shall o'er me roll :

Blest Saviour, then, in love,
Fear and distrust remove;
O bear me safe above-
A ransomed soul.

C.M.

COWPER.*

442 They that be whole need not a physician, but

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they that are sick.-Matthew ix. 12.
EAL us, Immanuel, we are here,
Waiting to feel Thy touch;
Deep-wounded souls to Thee repair;
And, Saviour, we are such.

2 Our faith is feeble, we confess :
We faintly trust Thy word;
But wilt Thou pity us the less?
Be that far from Thee, Lord.

3 Remember him who once applied
With trembling for relief:-

Lord, I believe, with tears he cried,
O help my unbelief.

4 She, too, who touched Thee in the press,
And healing virtue stole,

Was answered,--Daughter, go in peace,
Thy faith hath made thee whole.
5 Concealed amid the gathering throng,
She would have shunned Thy view;
And if her faith was firm and strong,
Had strong misgivings too.

6 Like her, with hopes and fears we come,
To touch Thee, if we may;

O send us not despairing home;
Send none unhealed away.

443

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LATIN HYMN, tr. EDWARD CASWALL.
Who gave Himself for us that He might redeem
us from all iniquity.—Titus ii. 14.
THOU, who Thine own Father's breast
Forsaking, Word sublime!

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Didst come to aid a world distressed

In Thy appointed time.

2 Our hearts enlighten with Thy ray,
And kindle with Thy love;

That, dead to earthly things, we may
Live but to things above.

3 So when before the judgment-seat
The sinner hears his doom,
And when a voice divinely sweet
Shall call the righteous home;

4 Safe from the black and fiery flood
That sweeps the dread abyss,
May we behold the face of God
In everlasting bliss.

5 Now to the Father, with the Son,
And Spirit evermore,
Be glory while the ages run
As in all time before.

SURRENDER OF THE SOUL TO GOD.

444

8888,6. [OBERLIN, tr. MRS. D. WILSON.]
I am Thine.-Psalm cxix. 94.

I LORD, Thy heavenly grace impart,
And fix my frail, inconstant heart;
Henceforth my chief desire shall be,
To dedicate myself to Thee.

To Thee, my God, to Thee!

2 Whate'er pursuits my time employ,
One thought shall fill my soul with joy ;
That silent, secret thought shall be,
That all my hopes are fixed on Thee.
On Thee, my God, on Thee!

3 Thy glorious eye pervades all space;
Thou'rt present, Lord, in every place;
And wheresoe'er my lot may be,
Still shall my spirit cleave to Thee.
To Thee, my God, to Thee!

4 Renouncing every worldly thing;
Safe neath the covert of Thy wing,
My sweetest thought henceforth shall be,
That all I want I find in Thee.

In Thee, my God, in Thee.

S.M.

C. WESLEY.

445 Yield yourselves unto God.-Romans vi. 13.

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With a glad heart and free,

Myself, my residue of days,

I consecrate to Thee.

2 Thy ransomed servant, I

Restore to Thee Thine own;
And from this moment live or die
To serve my God alone.

C.M.

BEDDOME.

446 When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not

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to pay it.-Ecclesiastes v. 4.

ITNESS, ye men and angels, now;
Before the Lord we speak ;

To Him we make our solemn vow,
A vow we dare not break ;

2 That, long as life itself shall last,
Ourselves to Christ we yield;
Nor from His cause will we depart,
Or ever quit the field.

3 We trust not in our native strength,
But on His grace rely,

That, with returning wants, the Lord
Will all our need supply.

4 O guide our doubtful feet aright,
And keep us in Thy ways;

And while we turn our vows to prayers,
Turn Thou our prayers to praise.

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[RAY PALMER.]

447 Made sorry after a godly manner.

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2 Corinthians vii. 9.

AKE me, O my Father, take me;
Take me, save me, through Thy Son;

That which Thou would'st have me, make me ;

Let Thy will in me be done.