5 O when will the period appear,
When I shall unite in your song?
I'm weary of lingering here,
And I to your Saviour belong?
6 I'm fetter'd and chain'd up in clay-
I struggle and pant to be free;
I long to be soaring away,

My God and my Saviour to see!

7 I want to put on my attire,

Wash'd white in the blood of the Lamb; I want to be one of your choir,

And tune my sweet harp to his name. [8 I want!-O, I want to be there, Where sorrow and sin bid adieu; Your joy and your friendship to shareTo wonder and worship with you.]

90. 7s. S -n.

Immanuel....Matt. i. 23....1 Tim. iii. 16. OD with us! O glorious name!

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GOD

Let it shine in endless fame

God and man in Christ unite-
O mysterious depth and height !
2 God with us! amazing love
Brought him from his courts above;
Now, ye saints, his grace admire-
Swell the song with holy fire.

3 God with us! but tainted not
With our father Adam's blot;
Yet he did our sins sustain,
Bore the guilt, the curse, the pain.
[4 God with us! O blissful theme!
Let the impious not blaspheme;
Jesus will in judgment sit,

Dooming rebels to the pit.]

5 God with us! O wond'rous grace!
Let us see him face to face :

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That we may Immanuel sing,
As we ought, our God and King.

91. L. M. Doddridge.
Immutable....Heb. xiii. 8.

WITH

WITH transport, Lord, our souls proclaim
Th' immortal honours of thy name;
Assembled round our Saviour's throne,
We make his ceaseless glories known.]
2 High on his Father's royal seat,
Our Jesus shone divinely great ;
Ere Adam's clay with life was warm'd,
Or Gabriel's nobler spirit form'd.
3 Thro' all succeeding ages, he

The same hath been....the same shall be;
Immortal radiance gilds his head,

While stars and suns wax old, and fade. 4 The same his pow'r his flock to guard; The same his bounty to reward;

The same his faithfulness and love,
To saints on earth and saints above.

5 Let nature change, and sink, and die;
Jesus shall raise his chosen high;
And fix them near his stable throne,
In glory changeless as his own.

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Intercessor.... John xvii. 24.
ESUS has shed his vital blood,

JES

To bring my wand'ring soul to God:

And still, to manifest his love,

He lives, and pleads for me above.

Father, I will," the Saviour cries,
"That this poor soul at length may rise
From all the depths of sin and woe,
The riches of my grace to know.
Now let his sins be all forgiv'n,
And guide him in the path to heav'n;

I have redeem'd his soul from hell With me he shall forever dwell. [4 To save his life, thy Son was slain, He is the purchase of my pain: I claim my right, and urge my plea, That he may reign in bliss with me. 5 He shall behold me face to face, And dwell in this celestial place, Far from the reach of foes and fears; My love shall wipe away his tears. His pains and toils shall have an end; His happy soul to God ascend ; Soon shall he reach the peaceful shore, Where sin shall wound his heart no more 7 Father, I will, that he should prove The wonders of redeeming love, That he may all my glories see, And sit upon thy throne with me.”

93. L. M. Steele.

Intercessor....Heb. vii. 25.

1 HE lives, the great Redeemer lives; What joy the blest assurance gives !

And now before his father God,
Pleads the full merits of his blood.

2 Repeated crimes awake our fears,
And justice, arm'd with frowns, appears;
But in the Saviour's lovely face,

Sweet mercy smiles, and all is peace.

3 Hence, then, ye black, despairing thoughts! Above our fears, above our faults;

His pow'rful intercessions rise,
And guilt recedes, and terror dies.
4 In ev'ry dark, distressful hour,
When sin and satan join their pow'r ;
Let this dear hope repel the dart,
That Jesus bears us on his heart.

5 Great Advocate, almighty friend!
On him our humble hopes depend!
Our cause can never, never fail,
For Jesus pleads, and must prevail.

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94. C. M. Toplady. Intercessor....John xvii. 24. WAKE, sweet gratitude, and sing

Tell how he lives to carry on

His people's cause above.

2 With cries and tears he offered up
His humble suit below;
But with authority he asks,

Enthron'd in glory now.

3 For all that come to God by him,
Salvation he demands;

Points to their names upon his breast,
And spreads his wounded hands.

[4 His sweet atoning sacrifice,
Gives sanction to his claim;
"Father, I will that all my saints
"Be with me where I am.

5" By their salvation, recompense
"The sorrows I endur'd;

Just to the merits of thy Son,
"And faithful to thy word."]

[6. Founded on right, his pray'r avails
The Father never can
From his anointed turn away;
Nor hear him ask in vain.]`

7 Eternal life, at his request,
To ev'ry saint is giv'n;
Safety on earth, and, after death,
The plenitude of heav'n.

[8 Lord, I believe thou didst go up
To plead my cause with God;

And now thou in thy kingdom art,
Remember me for good!

9 Let the pure incense of thy pray'r
In my behalf ascend;
And as its virtue, so my praise,
Shall never, never end.]

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95. L. M. Gregg.

Not ashamed of Jesus....Mark viii. 38.
ESUS, and shall it ever be,.

A mortal man ashamed of thee!
Scorn'd be the thought, by rich and poo
I scorn it more and more.

O may 2 Asham'd of Jesus! sooner far Let ev'ning blush to own a star ; He sheds the beams of light divine O'er this benighted soul of mine. [3 Asham'd of Jesus! just as soon Let midnight be asham'd of noon; 'Tis midnight with my soul 'till he, Bright morning-star, bid darkness flee. 4 Asham'd of Jesus! shall yon field Blush, when it thinks who bids it yield? Yet blush I must while I adore ; I blush to think I yield no more.] 5 Asham'd of Jesus! that dear friend On whom my hopes of heav'n depend? No! when I blush, be this my shame, That I no more revere his name.

6 Asham'd of Jesus! yes, I may
When I've no crimes to wash away *
No tear to wipe, no good to crave,
No fear to quell, no soul to save.
7 'Till then, (nor is my boasting vain),
'Till then I boast a Saviour slain!
And, O may this my glory be,
That Christ is not asham'd of me