2 Omnipotent Redeemer,

Our ransom'd souls adore thee;
Our Saviour thou, we find it now,
And give thee all the glory.
We sing thine arm unshorten'd,
Brought through our sore temptation:
With heart and voice in thee rejoice,
The God of our salvation.

3 The world's and Satan's malice,
Thou, Jesus, hast confounded;
And by thy grace, with songs of praise,
Our happy souls resounded.
Accepting our deliv'rance,

We triumph in thy favour;

And for the love which now we prove,
Shall praise thy name forever.

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The ever-present Saviour.

ESUS, to thee our hearts we lift,

JESU

Our hearts with love to thee o'erflow,

With thanks for thy continued gift,

That still thy gracious Name we know; Retain our sense of sin forgiven,

And wait for all our inward heaven.
2 What mighty troubles hast thou shown
Thy feeble, tempted foll'wers here:
We have through fire and water gone;
But saw thee on the floods appear,
And felt thee present in the flame,
And shouted our Deliv'rer's name.

3 Thou who hast kept us to this hour,
O keep us faithful to the end!
When, robed in majesty and power,

Our Jesus shall from heaven descend,
His friends and witnesses to own,
And seat us on his glorious throne.

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God, my glory and my shield.
HE tempter to my soul hath said,-
There is no help in God for thee:
Lord, lift thou up thy servant's head;
My glory, shield, and solace be.
2 Thus to the Lord I raised my cry;-
He heard me from his holy hill;
At his command the waves roll'd by;

He beckon'd, and the winds were still. 3 I laid me down and slept,-I woke; Thou, Lord, my spirit didst sustain; Bright from the east the morning broke,Thy comforts rose on me again.

4 I will not fear, though armed throngs Surround my steps in all their wrath 1; Salvation to the Lord belongs;

His presence guards his people's path.

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His everlasting arms of love.

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OW do thy mercies close me round!
Forever be thy Name adored;

I blush in all things to abound;
The servant is above his Lord.
2 Inured to poverty and pain,

A suff'ring life my Master led; The Son of God, the Son of man,

He had not where to lay his head. 3 But lo! a place he hath prepared For me, whom watchful angels keep; Yea, he himself becomes my guard; He smooths my bed, and gives me sleep. 4 Jesus protects; my fears, begone: What can the Rock of Ages move? Safe in thy arms I lay me down,Thine everlasting arms of love.

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Continued.-Confident security.

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WHWE, thou art intimately nigh,

Who, who shall violate my rest?
Sin, earth, and hell, I now defy:
I lean upon my Saviour's breast.
2 I rest beneath the' Almighty's shade,
My griefs expire, my troubles cease;
Thou, Lord, on whom my soul is stay'd,
Wilt keep me still in perfect peace.
3 Me for thine own thou lov'st to take,
In time and in eternity;
Thou never, never wilt forsake

A helpless worm that trusts in thee.

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Steadfast reliance upon the promises.

AWAY, my needless fears,

And doubts, no longer mine; A ray of heavenly light appears,— A messenger divine.

2 Thrice comfortable hope,

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That calms my troubled breast; My Father's hand prepares the cup, And what he wills is best.

3 If what I wish is good,

And suits the will divine,

By earth and hell in vain withstood,
I know it shall be mine.

4 Still let them counsel take

To frustrate his decree;
They cannot keep a blessing back,
By Heaven design'd for me.
5 Here then I doubt no more,
But in his pleasure rest;

Whose wisdom, love, and truth, and power,
Engage to make me blest.

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Grateful praise for delivering mercy.
THOU, who, when we did complain,
Didst all our griefs remove;

O Saviour, do not now disdain

Our humble praise and love.

2 Since thou a pitying ear didst give,
And hear us when we pray'd,
We'll call upon thee while we live,
And never doubt thy aid.

3 Pale death, with all his ghastly train,
Our souls encompass'd round;
Anguish, and fear, and dread, and pain,
On every side we found.

4 To thee, O Lord of life, we pray'd,
And did for succour flee:

O save, in our distress we said,-
The souls that trust in thee.

5 How good thou art! how large thy grace! How ready to forgive!

Thy mercies crown our fleeting days;
And by thy love we live.

6 Our eyes no longer drown'd in tears,
Our feet from falling free;

Redeem'd from death and guilty fears,
O Lord, we'll live to thee.

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All things in Christ.

HOU very-present aid

THOU

In suff'ring and distress

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The mind which still on thee is stay'd,

Is kept in perfect peace.

2 The soul by faith reclined

On the Redeemer's breast,

'Mid raging storms, exults to find

An everlasting rest.

3 Sorrow and fear are gone,
Whene'er thy face appears;
It stills the sighing orphan's moan,
And dries the widow's tears.

4 It hallows every cross;
It sweetly comforts me;
Makes me forget my every loss,
And find my all in thee.

5 Jesus, to whom I fly,
With all my wishes fill;

What though created streams are dry? I have the fountain still.

6 Stripp'd of each earthly friend, I find them all in one;

And peace and joy which never end, And heaven, in Christ, begun.

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Afflictions blessed.

OW tender is thy hand,

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O thou most gracious Lord!
Afflictions came at thy command,
And left us at thy word.

2 How gentle was the rod
That chasten'd us for sin!
How soon we found a smiling God
Where deep distress had been!

3 A Father's hand we felt,

A Father's love we knew: 'Mid tears of penitence we knelt, And found his promise true. 4 Now will we bless the Lord, And in his strength confide: Jehovah ever be adored,

There is no God beside.