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Be thou my counsellor,
My pattern and my guide,
And through this desert land,
Still keep me near thy side;
O let my feet ne'er run astray,
Nor rove, nor seek the crooked way.

3 Jesus, my great High Priest,
Offer'd his blood and died;

My guilty conscience seeks
No sacrifice beside;

His pow'rful blood did once atone,
And now it pleads before the throne.

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Job xxxviii, 7. (7's.)

1 SONGS of praise the angels sang,
Heaven with hallelujahs rang,
When Jehovah's work begun,
When he spake, and it was done.

2 Songs of praise awoke the morn,
When the Prince of Peace was born:
Songs of praise arose, when he
Captive led captivity.

3 Heaven and earth must pass away, Songs of praise shall crown that day; God will make new heav'ns and earth, Songs of praise shall hail their birth.

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4 And will man alone be dumb,
Till that glorious kingdom come?
No, the church delights to raise
Psalms and hymns and songs of praise!
5 Saints below, with heart and voice,
Still in songs of praise rejoice;
Learning here by faith and love,
Songs of praise to sing above.

6 Borne upon the latest breath,
Songs of praise shall conquer death;
Then amidst eternal joy,

Songs of praise their pow'rs employ.

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Psalm xlvi, 1-7. (c. м.)

1 GOD is our refuge, tried and prov'd,
Amid a stormy world;

We will not fear, though earth be mov'd,
And hills in ocean hurl'd.

2 The waves may roar, the mountains shake,
Our comfort shall not cease;
The Lord his saints will not forsake;
The Lord will give us peace.

3 A gentle stream of hope and love,
To us shall ever flow;

It issues from his throne above,
It cheers his church below.

4 When earth and hell against us came,
He spake, and quell'd their pow'rs;
The Lord of hosts is still the same;
The God of grace is ours.

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Colossians iii, 11. (c. M.)

1 I'VE found the pearl of greatest price,
My heart doth sing for joy;

And sing I must, for Christ I have,
All gold without alloy.

2 Christ is a Prophet, Priest, and King;
A Prophet full of light;

A Priest, who stands 'twixt God and me;
A King, who rules with might.

3 This Christ, he is the Lord of lords,
He is the King of kings,
He is the Sun of Righteousness,
With healing on his wings.

4 Christ is my meat, Christ is my drink,
My medicine and my health,

My peace, my strength, my joy, my crown,
My glory, and my wealth.

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Psalm xxxiv, 1. (c. M.)

1 WHAT shall I render to my God,

For all his gifts to me?

Sing, heav'n and earth, rejoice and praise
His glorious majesty.

2 Bright cherubim! sweet seraphim! Praise him with all your might; Praise, praise him, all ye host of heav'n, Praise him, ye saints in light.

3 Praise him, ye kings, the King of kings, Praise him with one accord;

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Let the whole earth, with all her tongues,
Prepare to praise the Lord.

4 Lord, let me praise thee while I live,
And praise thee when I die;
And praise thee when I rise again,
Through all eternity.

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Romans xiii, 11. (c. M.)

1 AWAKE, ye saints, and raise your eyes, And raise your voices high;

Awake, and praise that sov'reign love
That shows salvation nigh.

2 Fast on the wings of time it flies,
Each moment brings it near;
Then welcome each declining day,
Welcome each closing year!

3 Not many years their round shall run,
Nor many mornings rise,

Ere all its glories stand reveal'd
To our admiring eyes.

4 Ye wheels of nature, speed your course; Ye mortal pow'rs, decay;

Fast as ye bring the night of death,
Ye bring eternal day.

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Isaiah xxxii, 2. (L. M.)

1 AWAKE, sweet harp of Judah, wake, Retune thy strings for Jesus' sake; We sing the Saviour of our race,

The Lamb, our shield, and hiding-place. 2 When God's right arm is bar'd for war, And thunders clothe his cloudy car, Where, where, O where shall man retire T'escape the terrors of his ire?

3 'Tis he, the Lamb! to him we fly,
While the dread tempest passes by;
God sees his well-beloved's face,
And spares us in our hiding-place.

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Psalm lxxvi. (s. M.)

1 GOD in his church is known,
The God of love and might;
He rears in her his earthly throne,
He tends her day and night.

2 The pow'rs of death and hell
In vain her peace oppose;

A word of his, the storm can quell,
And scatter all her foes.

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