Waiting for Christ the Prophet.

3 After all that I have done

To drive Thee from my heart,
Still Thou wilt not leave Thine own,
Thou wilt not yet depart,

Wilt not give the sinner o'er :

Ready art Thou now to save,

Bidd'st me come, as heretofore,

4 O Thou meek and gentle Lamb, Fury is not in Thee;

Thou continuest the same,

And still Thy grace is free;
Still Thy arms are open wide,
Wretched sinners to receive;
Thou hast once for sinners died,
That all may turn and live.
5 Lo! I take Thee at Thy word,
My foolishness I mourn;
Unto Thee, my bleeding Lord,
However late, I turn :

Yes; I yield, I yield at last,

Listen to Thy speaking blood,

Me with all my sins I cast
On my atoning God.

6 Freely am I justified,

pure

And till my heart is
In Thy wounds will I abide,

From hell and sin secure ;

What of sin in me remains

I believe Thou wilt remove, Throughly wash out all my stains, And perfect me in love.

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DANIEL IN THE DEN OF LIONS.

[Daniel vi.]

I GOD of Daniel, hear my prayer,
And let Thy power be seen;
Stop the lion's mouth, and bear
Me safe out of his den:
Save me in this dreadful hour;
Earth, and hell, and nature join,
All stand ready to devour
This helpless soul of mine.

2 No way to escape, I see

The sure-approaching death;
Vain are all my hopes to flee

Out of the lion's teeth;

In the mire of sin I lie,

In the dungeon of despair;

Hear my lamentable cry,

O God of Daniel, hear!

3 Thee I serve, my Lord, my God,
In me Thy power display,
Save me, save me, and defraud
The lion of his prey :

Angel of the Covenant,

Jesus mighty to retrieve,

Let Him to my help be sent ;
In Jesus I believe.

4 Save me for Thine own great name,

That all the world may know
Daniel's God is still the same,

And reigns supreme below.

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Him let all mankind adore,

Spread His glorious name abroad;
Tremble all, and bow before

The great, the living God.

5 Absolute, unchangeable,

O'er all His works He reigns;
His dominion cannot fail,
But undisturb'd remains;
His dominion standeth fast,

Is when time no more shall be,
Still shall His dominion last
Through all eternity.

6 He delivers by His love,

He rescues souls from death;
Signs He works in heaven above,
And signs in earth beneath;

Daniel He doth every hour

From the lion's paw retrieve:

I am saved from Satan's power,
And lo! by grace I live.

THE THREE CHILDREN IN THE FIERY

FURNACE.

[Daniel iii.]

IGOD of Israel's faithful Three,

Who braved a tyrant's ire,

Nobly scorn'd to bow their knee,
And walk'd unhurt in fire;
Breathe their faith into my breast,

Arm me in this fiery hour,
Stand, O Son of Man, confest

In all Thy saving power.

2 Lo! on dangers, deaths, and snares I every moment tread,

Hell without a veil appears,

And flames around my head; Sin increases more and more,

Sin in all its strength returns, Seven times hotter than before The fiery furnace burns.

3 But while Thou, my Lord, art nigh, My soul disdains to fear,

Sin and Satan I defy

Still impotently near;

Earth and hell their wars may wage;

Calm I mark their vain design, Smile to see them idly rage Against a child of Thine.

4 Unto Thee, my help, my hope, My safeguard, and my tower, Confident I still look up,

And still receive Thy power;

All the alien's hosts I chase,

Blast, and scatter with mine eyes:

Satan comes; I turn my face,

And lo! the tempter flies!

5 Sin in me, the inbred foe,

Awhile subsists in chains;

But Thou all Thy power shalt show,

And slay its last remains:

Thou hast conquer'd my desire;

Thou shalt quench it with Thy blood,

Fill me with a purer fire,

And change me into God.

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A Thanksgiving.

A THANKSGIVING.

'Tis of Thy mercies, Lord,

That I am not consumed,
By God and men abhorr'd,

To endless torments doom'd:
Thy tender mercies never fail,
And therefore I am not in hell.

In vain was Tophet moved
To meet me from beneath,
For Jesu's sake beloved

I 'scape the second death:
Thy tender mercies never fail,
And therefore I am not in hell.

Within its mouth I was,

And there I lay asleep ;
Its mouth it could not close,

My soul it could not keep :
Thy tender mercies never fail,
And therefore I am not in hell.

Thy mercies found out me,
To me they first did stoop;
From depths of misery

Thy mercies brought me up :
Thy tender mercies never fail,
And therefore I am not in hell.

Thy dear preserving grace

Each moment I receive,
And trust to see Thy face,

And without sin to live:

Thy tender mercies never fail,

And I shall never be in hell.

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