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BRIEF life is here our portion;
Brief sorrow, short-lived care :

es The life that knows no ending,
The tearless life, is there.

fO happy retribution !

Short toil, eternal rest:
For mortals and for sinners

A mansion with the blest.

ef There grief is turned to pleasure,

Such pleasure as below
No human voice can utter,

No human heart can know. And now we fight the battle, Eres But then shall wear the crown Of full and everlasting

And passionless renown.
And now we watch and struggle,
And now we live in hope,

PART I.

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And Sion, in her anguish,

With Babylon must cope; 6mf But He whom now we trust in Shall then be seen and known, And they that know and see Him Shall have Him for their own. 7 f Yes! God, our King and portion, In fulness of His grace, We then shall see for ever, And worship face to face. 8 O sweet and blessed country, The home of God's elect! cres O sweet and blessed country, That eager hearts expect! 9 Jesus, in mercy bring us

To that dear land of rest, cres Who art, with God the Father, And Spirit, ever blest. Amen.

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(See also "Tours," No. 472.)

"For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builaer and maker

is God.

PART II.

fFOR thee, O dear, dear country,

Mine eyes their vigils keep;

For very love, beholding
Thy happy name, they weep.
The mention of thy glory

Is unction to the breast,
And medicine in sickness,
And love, and life, and rest

ƒO one, O only mansion!

O Paradise of joy!
Where tears are ever banished,
And smiles have no alloy.
The Lamb is all thy splendour,
The Crucified thy praise;
His laud and benediction
Thy ransomed people raise.

3mf Thine ageless walls are bonded
With amethyst unpriced;

The saints build up thy fabric,

And the corner-stone is Christ;
With jasper glow thy bulwarks;
Thy streets with emeralds blaze,
The sardius and the topaz
Unite in thee their rays.

4mf Thou hast no shore, fair ocean! Thou hast no time, bright day! Dear fountain of refreshment

To pilgrims far away! cres Upon the Rock of Ages

They raise thy holy tower; f Thine is the victor's laurel, And thine the golden dower.

5 O sweet and blessed country,
The home of God's elect!
cres O sweet and blessed country,

That eager hearts expect!
Jesus, in mercy bring us

To that dear land of rest;

mf Who art, with God the Father

And Spirit, ever blest. Amen.

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