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HEART'S EASE 
 
 WEARY AND WORN. 
 
 PHILADELPHIA: 
 
 AMERICAN SUNDAY-SCHOOL UNION, 
 
 No. 1122 Chestnut Street. 
 
 NEW YORK: 599 BROADWAY. 
 
Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1863, by the 
 
 AMERICAN SUNDAY-SCHOOL UNION, 
 
 in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States 
 
 for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. 
 
CONTENTS. 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Come and See . . . . .7 
 
 All Things are Yours . . .11 
 
 The Rock of Ages . . . .15 
 
 Now 19 
 
 The Haven of Rest . . . .23 
 
 With you Alway . . . .27 
 
 The Foot of the Cross . . .31 
 
 It is Well ..... 35 
 
 Peace . . . . . .39 
 
 As Thou Wilt . . • .43 
 
 True to your Colours . . .47 
 
b CONTENTS. 
 
 PAGE 
 
 The Good Physician . . .51 
 
 The Eternal Refuge . . .55 
 
 Step by Step . . . .59 
 
 The King of Gloey . . . .63 
 Patience ..... 67 
 
 The End of the Day . . .71 
 
 The Border Land . . .75 
 
 An Anchor of the Soul . . .79 
 
 All in Christ . . . .83 
 
 The Other Shore . . . .87 
 
 Who Giveth Liberally . . .91 
 
 On the Way . . . . .95 
 
 Strength that is Perfect . . 99 
 
fymt and §btt. 
 
 ^^)HERE is nothing will make you 
 jljfc) a Christian indeed, but a taste 
 
 c %y&& of the sweetness of Christ : come 
 and see, will speak best to your 
 soul. I would fain hope good 
 
 of you; be not discouraged at broken 
 
 and spilt resolutions, but to it, and to it 
 
 again. 
 
 Just as I am, — without one plea, 
 But that thy blood was shed for me, 
 And that thou bid'st me come to thee, — 
 Lamb of God, I come ! 
 
 Just as I am, — and waiting not 
 To rid my soul of one dark blot, 
 To thee, whose blood can cleanse each spot, 
 Lamb of God, I come! 
 
 7 
 
COME AND SEE. 
 
 Just as I am, — though tossed about 
 With many a conflict, many a doubt ; 
 With fears within, and foes without,: — 
 Lamb of God, I come! 
 
 Just as I am, — poor, wretched, blind ; 
 Sight, riches, healing of the mind, 
 Yea, all I need, in thee to find, — 
 
 Lamb of God, I come! 
 
 Just as I am, — thou wilt receive ; 
 Wilt welcome, pardon, cleanse, relieve ; 
 Because thy promise I believe, — 
 
 Lamb of God, I come! 
 
 Just as I am, — thy love unknown 
 Has broken every barrier down ; 
 Now to be thine, yea, thine alone, — 
 
 Lamb of God, I come! 
 
 Come now, and let us reason together, 
 saith the Lord : though your sins be as 
 scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; 
 though they be red like crimson, they 
 shall be as wool. — Isa. i. 18. 
 8 
 
COME AND SEE. 6 
 
 Then shall we know, if we follow on to 
 know the Lord : his going forth is pre- 
 pared as the morning ; and he shall come 
 unto us as the rain, as the latter and for- 
 mer rain unto the earth. — Hosea v. 3. 
 
 My son, if thou wilt receive my words, 
 and hide my commandments with thee ; 
 so that thou incline thine ear unto wis- 
 dom, and apply thy heart to understand- 
 ing ; yea, if thou criest after knowledge, 
 and liftest up thy voice for understand- 
 ing ; if thou seekest her as silver, and 
 searchest for her as for hid treasures ; 
 then shalt thou understand the fear of 
 the Lord, and find the knowledge of God. 
 — Prov. ii. 1-5. 
 
 Ye will not come unto me, that ye 
 might have life. — John v. 40. 
 
 These were more noble than those in 
 Thessalonica, in that they received the 
 
4 COME AND SEE. 
 
 word with all readiness of mind, and 
 searched the Scriptures daily, whether 
 those things were so. — Acts xvii. 11. 
 
 Brethren, I count not myself to have 
 apprehended : but this one thing I do, 
 forgetting those things which are behind, 
 and reaching forth unto those things which 
 are before, I press toward the mark for the 
 prize of the high calling of God in Christ 
 Jesus. — Phil. iii. 13, 14. 
 
 Behold, I have set before thee an open 
 door, and no man can shut it. — Rev. iii. 8. 
 
 Then Jesus turned, and saw them fol- 
 lowing, and saith unto them, What seek 
 ye? They said unto him, Rabbi, (which 
 is to say, being interpreted, Master,) where 
 dwellest thou? He saith unto them, Come 
 and see. — John i. 38, 39. 
 
 10 
 
%\l Shines m gott^, 
 
 HAVE neither tongue nor pen to 
 express to you the happiness of 
 such as are in Christ; when ye 
 have sold all that ye have, and 
 bought the field wherein this trea- 
 sure is, ye will think it no bad market ; for, 
 if ye be in him, all his is yours, and ye 
 are in him : " therefore because he liveth 
 ye shall live also." (John xiv. 19.) And 
 what is that else but as if the Son had 
 said, "I will not have heaven except 
 my redeemed ones be with me; they 
 
 and I cannot live asunder ; abide in me 
 
 11 
 
2 ALL THINGS ARE YOURS. 
 
 and I in you." (John xv. 5.) Oh, sweet 
 communion, when Christ and we are 
 through other, and are no longer two ! 
 " Father, I will that those whom thou 
 hast given me be with me where I am." 
 Amen! dear Jesus, let it be according 
 to that word. I wonder that ever your 
 hearts should be casten down, if ye 
 believe this truth. 
 
 Pass away, earthly joy, 
 
 Jesus is mine ! 
 
 Break, every mortal tie, 
 
 Jesus is mine ! 
 
 Dark is the wilderness, 
 
 Distant the resting-place ; 
 
 Jesus alone can bless ! 
 
 Jesus is mine ! 
 
 Tempt not my soul away, 
 
 Jesus is mine ! 
 Here would I ever stay, 
 
 Jesus is mine ! 
 12 
 
ALL THINGS ARE YOURS. 6 
 
 Perishing things of clay, 
 Born but for one brief day, 
 Pass from my heart away ; 
 
 Jesus is mine ! 
 
 Fare ye well, dreams of night, 
 Jesus is mine ! 
 
 Mine is a dawning bright, 
 
 Jesus is mine ! 
 
 All that my soul has tried 
 
 Left but a dismal void ; 
 
 Jesus has satisfied ; 
 
 Jesus is mine ! 
 
 Farewell, mortality, 
 
 Jesus is mine ! 
 
 Welcome, eternity, 
 
 Jesus is mine ! 
 
 Welcome a Saviour's breast, 
 
 Welcome, ye scenes of rest, 
 
 Welcome, ye mansions blest! 
 
 Jesus is mine ! 
 
 Father, I will that they also, whom 
 thou hast given me, be with me where I 
 am ; that they may behold my glory, 
 which thou hast given me. — John xvii. 24. 
 
 13 
 
4 ALL THINGS ARE YOURS. 
 
 And one of the elders answered, saying 
 unto me, What are these which are arrayed 
 in white robes? and whence came they? 
 And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. 
 And he said to me, These are they which 
 came out of great tribulation, and have 
 washed their robes, and made them white 
 in the blood of the Lamb. Therefore are 
 they before the throne of God, and serve 
 him day and night .in his temple : and he 
 that sitteth on the throne shall dwell 
 among them. 
 
 They shall hunger no more, neither 
 thirst any more; neither shall the sun 
 light on them, nor any heat. For the 
 Lamb which is in the midst of the throne 
 shall feed them, and shall lead them unto 
 living fountains of waters : and God shall 
 wipe away all tears from their eyes. — Rev. 
 vn. 14-17. 
 
 14 
 
She flock njf Jljes. 
 
 'ET me be a sinner, and worse 
 
 than the chief of sinners, — yea, 
 
 ^-^p a guilty devil, — I am sure that 
 
 IkSn my well-beloved is God; and 
 
 when I say that Christ is God, 
 
 and that my Christ is God, I have said 
 
 all things, — I can say no more. 
 
 I would I could lay as much on this, 
 " my Christ is God," as it would bear : 
 I might lay all the world upon it. I 
 am sure, that Christ untried, and un- 
 taken up in the power of his love, kind- 
 ness, mercies, goodness, wisdom, long- 
 
 15 
 
2 THE ROCK OF AGES. 
 
 suffering, and greatness, is the rock 
 that dim-sighted travellers dash their 
 foot against, and so stumble fearfully. 
 
 Saviour, I do feel thy merit, 
 
 Sprinkled with redeeming blood, 
 And my weary, troubled spirit 
 
 Now finds rest in thee, my God. 
 I am safe, and I am happy, 
 
 While in thy dear arms I lie ; 
 Sin and hell no more molest me 
 
 While I feel my Saviour nigh. 
 
 Glory, glory, glory, glory, 
 
 Glory be to God on high ; 
 Glory, glory, glory, glory, 
 
 Sing his praises through the sky. 
 Glory, glory, glory, glory, 
 
 Glory to the Father give ; 
 Glory, glory, glory, glory, 
 
 Sing his praises, all that live. 
 
 Now I'll sing my Saviour's merit, 
 Tell the world of his dear name, 
 
 That, if any want his Spirit, 
 He is still the very same. 
 16 
 
THE ROCK OF AGES. 
 
 He that asketh still receiveth ; 
 
 He that seeks is sure to find ; 
 Whosoe'er on him believeth, 
 
 He will never cast behind. 
 
 Glory, glory, glory, glory, 
 
 Glorious Christ of heavenly birth ; 
 Glory, glory, glory, glory, 
 
 Sing his praises through the earth. 
 Glory, glory, glory, glory, 
 
 Glory to the Spirit be ; 
 Glory, glory, glory, glory, 
 
 To the sacred One in Three. 
 
 Now our Advocate is pleading 
 With his Father and our God, 
 
 And for us is interceding, 
 As the purchase of his blood. 
 
 Now methinks I hear him praying :- 
 " Father, save them ! I have died ;' 
 
 And the Father answers, saying, 
 They are freely justified. 
 
 Worthy, worthy, worthy, worthy, 
 Worthy is the Lamb of God ; 
 
 Worthy, worthy, worthy, worthy, 
 Who hath washed us in his blood. 
 
 2 17 
 
4 THE ROCK OF AGES. 
 
 Holy, holy, holy, holy, 
 
 Holy is the Lord of hosts ; 
 Holy, holy, holy, holy, 
 
 Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. 
 
 Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh 
 away the sin of the world. — John i. 29. 
 
 Who of God is made unto us wisdom, 
 and righteousness, and sanctification, and 
 redemption. — 1 Cor. i. 30. 
 
 Thanks be to God for his unspeakable 
 gift. — 2 Cor. ix. 15. 
 
 And they sung a new song, saying, 
 Thou art worthy to take the book, and to 
 open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, 
 and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood 
 out of every kindred, and tongue, and 
 people, and nation. — Rev. v. 9. 
 
 18 
 
Stow, 
 
 
 ^G^^HERE is no depending on what 
 is yet to come; for you "know 
 not what a day may bring forth." 
 Therefore, live to-day : lose not 
 an hour ; use this moment, for 
 it is your portion. "Who knoweth the 
 things which have been before him, or 
 which shall be after him under the 
 sun?" The generations that were from 
 the beginning of the world, where are 
 they now? Fled away, — forgotten. 
 They were, — they lived their day : they 
 were shook off from the earth as leaves 
 from off their trees. Another and an- 
 
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Z NOW. 
 
 other succeeded: then they " followed 
 the generation of their fathers, and 
 shall never more see the light." Now 
 is thy turn upon the earth. "Kejoice, 
 young man, in thy youth." Enjoy 
 the very, very now, by enjoying Him 
 " whose years fail not." Now let thine 
 eye be singly fixed on Him "in whom 
 is no variableness, neither shadow of 
 turning." Now give Him thy heart; 
 now stay thyself on Him : now be thou 
 holy, as He is holy. Now lay hold of 
 the blessed opportunity of doing His 
 acceptable and perfect will. Now "re- 
 joice to suffer the loss of all things, so 
 thou mayest win Christ." 
 
 Here am I, Lord! thou callest me : 
 Thou drawest me ; I follow thee. 
 20 
 
NOW. 
 
 Soul and heart are thine alone ; 
 
 my Shepherd, take thine own ! 
 
 1 have oft thy call disdained ; 
 
 I am late, — my day has waned ! 
 Yet it is my joy that thou 
 Callest me, poor sinner ! now- 
 
 Yes, I dare no more delay, 
 I will follow thee to-day. 
 To thy glorious mercy-seat 
 Now I come with trembling feet. 
 
 Lord, the case is now with me 
 As with Peter on the sea. 
 Ah, reach out thy mighty hand ! 
 Hold me up, and bring to land. 
 
 Thou didst call me : now call I, — 
 my Saviour, come thou nigh ! 
 Sin doth bind me, fear distress ; 
 Save me with thy righteousness. 
 
 Make my weakness strong in thee, 
 Let thy strength my power be ; 
 I'll follow, till my latest breath, 
 Through flood and fire, grief and death. 
 
 21 
 
4 NOW. 
 
 No man can serve two masters : for 
 either lie will hate the one, and love the 
 other; or else he will hold to the one, and 
 despise the other. Ye cannot serve God 
 and mammon. — Matt. vi. 27. 
 
 Seeing then that all these things shall be 
 dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye 
 to be in all holy conversation and godliness, 
 looking for and hasting unto the coming of 
 the day of God, wherein the heavens being 
 on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements 
 shall melt with fervent heat ? Neverthe- 
 less we, according to his promise, look for 
 new heavens and a new earth, wherein 
 dwelleth righteousness. 
 
 Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look 
 for such things, be diligent that ye may 
 be found of him in peace. — 2 Pet. iii. 11- 
 14. 
 
 22 
 
§he fawn of Stot. 
 
 (^7°)HEY love the sea too well, who 
 complain of a fair wind and a 
 desirable tide and a speedy- 
 coming ashore, — especially a 
 coming ashore in that land 
 where all the inhabitants have ever- 
 lasting joy upon their heads. Ye can- 
 not be too early in heaven. 
 
 I journey forth rejoicing, 
 
 From this dark vale of tears, 
 To heavenly joy and freedom, 
 
 From earthly bonds and fears, 
 Where Christ our Lord shall gather 
 
 All his redeemed again, 
 His kingdom to inherit. 
 
 Good night, till then ! 
 
 23 
 
THE HAVEN OF REST. 
 
 Go to thy quiet resting, 
 Poor tenement of clay ! 
 
 From all thy pain and weakness 
 I gladly haste away ; 
 
 But still in faith confiding 
 To #nd thee yet again, 
 
 All glorious and immortal. 
 Good night, till then ! 
 
 Why thus so sadly weeping, 
 Beloved ones of my heart ? 
 
 The Lord is good and gracious, 
 Though now he bids us part. 
 
 Oft have we met in gladness, 
 And we shall meet again, 
 
 All sorrow left behind us. 
 
 Good night, till then ! 
 
 I go to see His glory 
 
 Whom we have loved below ; 
 I go, the blessed angels, 
 
 The holy saints, to know. 
 Our lovely ones departed 
 
 I go to find again, 
 And wait for you to join us. 
 Good night, till then ! 
 24 
 
THE HAVEN OF REST. 6 
 
 I hear the Saviour calling, — 
 The joyful hour has come ; 
 
 The angel-guards are ready- 
 To guide me to our home, 
 
 Where Christ the Lord shall gather 
 All his redeemed again, 
 
 His kingdom to inherit. 
 
 Good night, till then ! 
 
 He will swallow up death in victory ; 
 and the Lord God will wipe away tears 
 from off all faces ; and the rebuke of his 
 people shall he take away from off all the 
 earth : for the Lord hath spoken it. — Isa. 
 xxv. 8. 
 
 I will ransom them from the power of 
 the grave; I will redeem them from 
 death : death, I will be thy plagues ; 
 grave, I will be thy destruction. — Hosea 
 xiii. 14. 
 
 The last enemy that shall be destroyed 
 is death. — 1 Cor. xv. 26. 
 
 25 
 
4 THE HAVEN OF REST. 
 
 So when this corruptible shall have put 
 on incorruption, and this mortal shall have 
 put on immortality, then shall be brought 
 to pass the saying that is written, Death is 
 swallowed up in victory. — 1 Cor. xv. 54. 
 
 And God shall wipe away all tears 
 from their eyes ; and there shall be no 
 more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, 
 neither shall there be any more pain : for 
 the former things are passed away. — Rev. 
 xxi. 4. 
 
 Blessed are they that do his command- 
 ments, that they may have right to the 
 tree of life, and may enter in through the 
 gates into the city. — Rev. xxii. 14. 
 
 26 
 
ith gou atoag* 
 
 )HRIST and his cross are not 
 separable in this life : howbeit 
 Christ and his cross part at 
 heaven's door; for there is no 
 house-room for crosses in hea- 
 ven. One tear, one sigh, one sad heart, 
 one fear, one loss, one thought of trouble, 
 cannot find lodging there : they are but 
 the marks of our Lord Jesus down in 
 this wide inn and stormy country, on 
 this side of death. Sorrow and the 
 saints are not married together, — or, 
 suppose it were so, heaven would make 
 a divorce. I find his sweet presence 
 
 27 
 
2 WITH YOU ALWAY. 
 
 eateth out the bitterness of sorrow and 
 suffering. I think it a sweet thing that 
 Christ saith of my cross, Half mine ; and 
 that he divideth these sufferings with 
 me, and taketh the largest share him- 
 self, — nay, that I and my cross are 
 wholly Christ's. what a portion is 
 Christ! that the saints would dig 
 deeper in the treasures of his wisdom 
 and excellency ! 
 
 eyes that are weary, 
 
 And hearts that are sore, 
 Look off unto Jesus, 
 
 And sorrow no more ! 
 The light of his countenance 
 
 Shineth so bright, 
 That on earth, as in heaven, 
 
 There need be no night. 
 
 " Looking off unto Jesus," 
 
 My eyes cannot see 
 28 
 
WITH YOU ALWAY. 
 
 The troubles and dangers 
 That throng about me : 
 
 They cannot be blinded 
 With sorrowful tears, 
 
 They cannot be shadowed 
 With unbelief- fears. 
 
 Looking off unto Jesus, 
 
 My spirit is blest, — 
 In the world I have turmoil — 
 
 In him I have rest. 
 The sea of my life 
 
 All about me may roar ; 
 When I look unto Jesus, 
 
 I hear it no more. 
 
 Looking off unto Jesus, 
 
 I go not astray ; 
 My eyes are on him, 
 
 And he shows me the way. 
 The path may seem dark 
 
 As he leads me along, 
 But following Jesus, 
 
 I cannot go wrong. 
 
 Looking off unto Jesus, 
 My heart cannot fear ; 
 
 29 
 
4 WITH YOU ALWAY. 
 
 Its trembling is still 
 When I see Jesus near : 
 
 I know that his power 
 My safeguard will be, 
 
 For, "Why are ye troubled?" 
 He saith unto me. 
 
 Looking off unto Jesus 
 
 Oh may I be found 
 When the waters of Jordan 
 
 Encompass me round : 
 Let them bear me away 
 
 In his presence to be ! 
 'Tis but seeing Him nearer 
 
 Whom always I see. 
 
 Then, then, I shall know 
 
 The full beauty and grace 
 Of Jesus my Lord, 
 
 When I stand face to face : 
 I shall know how his love 
 
 Went before me each day, 
 And wonder that ever 
 
 My eyes turned away. 
 
 Be of good cheer ; it is I ; be not afraid. 
 —Matt. xiv. 27. 
 
 30 
 
Wfa $oot of the %0a8. 
 
 >0W I saw in my dream, that the 
 highway, up which Christian was 
 to go, was fenced on either side 
 with a wall, and that wall was 
 called Salvation. Up this way, 
 therefore, did burdened Christian run; 
 but not without great difficulty, because 
 of the load on his back. 
 
 He ran thus till he came to a place 
 somewhat ascending, and upon that 
 place stood a Cross, and a little below, 
 in the bottom, a sepulchre. So I saw 
 in my dream, that just as Christian 
 came up with the Cross, his burden 
 
 31 
 
2 THE FOOT OF THE CROSS. 
 
 loosed from off his shoulders, and fell 
 from off his back, and began to tumble, 
 and so continued to do, till it came to 
 the mouth of the Sepulchre, where it 
 fell in, and I saw it no more. 
 
 Then was Christian glad and light- 
 some, and said, with a merry heart, 
 " He hath given me rest by his sorrow, 
 and life by his death." Then he stood 
 still a while, to look and wonder ; for it 
 was very surprising to him that the 
 sight of the Cross should thus ease him 
 of his burden. He looked, therefore, 
 and looked again, even until the springs 
 that were in his head sent the waters 
 down his cheeks. 
 
 There is a fountain filled with blood 
 Drawn from Immanuel's veins, 
 32 
 
THE FOOT OF THE CROSS. O 
 
 And sinners plunged beneath that flood 
 Lose all their guilty stains. 
 
 The dying thief rejoiced to see 
 
 That fountain in his day ; 
 And there have I, as vile as he, 
 
 Washed all my sins away. 
 
 Dear, dying Lamb, thy precious blood 
 
 Shall never lose its power 
 Till all the ransomed church of God 
 
 Be saved, to sin no more. 
 
 E'er since, by faith, I saw the stream 
 
 Thy flowing wounds supply, 
 Redeeming love has been my theme, 
 
 And shall be till I die. 
 
 Then, in a nobler, sweeter song, 
 
 I'll sing thy power to save, 
 When this poor, lisping, stammering tongue 
 
 Lies silent in the grave. 
 
 Lord, I believe thou hast prepared 
 
 (Unworthy though I be) 
 For me a blood-bought, free reward, 
 
 A golden harp for me. 
 
 3 33 
 
4 THE FOOT OF THE CEOSS. 
 
 'Tis strung and tuned for endless years, 
 And formed by power divine 
 
 To sound in God the Father's ears 
 No other name but thine. 
 
 Deliver him from going down to the pit : 
 I have found a ransom. — Job xxxiii. 24. 
 
 They that trust in their wealth, and 
 boast themselves in the multitude of their 
 riches; none of them can by any means 
 redeem his brother, nor give to God a 
 ransom for him. — Ps. xlix. 6, 7. 
 
 The Son of man came not to be minis- 
 tered unto, but to minister, and to give 
 his life a ransom for many. — Matt. xx. 
 28. 
 
 And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of 
 the throne and of the four beasts, and in 
 the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it 
 had been slain. — Rev. v. 6. 
 34 
 
It is mtii 
 
 ; HEN ye are come to the other 
 side of the water, and have set 
 down your foot on the shore 
 of glorious eternity, and look 
 back again to the waters and 
 to your wearisome journey, and shall 
 see, in that clear glass of endless glory, 
 nearer to the bottom of God's wisdom, 
 ye shall then be forced to say, "If God 
 had done otherwise with me than he 
 hath done, I had never come to the en- 
 joying of this crown of glory." It is 
 your part now to believe and suffer 
 and hope and wait on ; for I protest, in 
 
 35 
 
Z IT IS WELL. 
 
 the presence of that all-discerning Eye 
 who knoweth what I write and what I 
 think, that I would not want the sweet 
 experience of the consolations of God 
 for all the bitterness of affliction : nay, 
 whether God come to his children with 
 a rod or a crown, if he come himself 
 with it, it is well. Welcome, welcome, 
 Jesus, what way soever thou come, if 
 we can get a sight of thee ! And sure 
 I am, it is better to be sick, providing 
 Christ come to the bedside and draw by 
 the curtains, and say, "Courage, I am 
 thy salvation," than to enjoy health, 
 being lusty and strong, and never be 
 visited of God. In the strength of 
 Christ, fight and overcome. 
 
 'Tis my happiness below 
 Not to live without the cross, 
 , 36 
 
IT IS WELL. 
 
 But the Saviour's power to know, 
 
 Sanctifying every loss : 
 Trials must and will befall, — 
 
 But with humble faith to see 
 Love inscribed upon them all, 
 
 This is happiness to me. 
 
 God in Israel sows the seeds 
 
 Of affliction, pain, and toil ; 
 These spring up and choke the weeds 
 
 Which would else o'erspread the soil: 
 Trials make the promise sweet, — 
 
 Trials give new life to prayer, — 
 Trials bring me to his feet, 
 
 Lay me low, and keep me there. 
 
 Did I meet no trials here, 
 
 No chastisements by the way, 
 Might I not, with reason, fear 
 
 I should prove a castaway ? 
 Bastards may escape the rod, — 
 
 Sunk in earthly, vain delight ; 
 But the true-born child of God 
 
 Must not, would not, if he might. 
 
 4 37 
 
4 IT IS WELL. 
 
 The Lord thy God, he it is that doth go 
 with thee ; he will not fail thee, nor for- 
 sake thee. — Deut. xxxj. 6. 
 
 With us is the Lord our God, to help 
 us, and to fight our battles. — 2 Chron. 
 xxxii. 8, 
 
 The Lord is my light and my salvation ; 
 whom shall I fear ? the Lord is the strength 
 of my life ; of whom shall I be afraid ? — 
 Ps. xxvii. 1. 
 
 Fear thou not ; for I am with thee : be 
 not dismayed ; for I am thy God : I will 
 strengthen thee ; yea, I will help thee ; 
 yea, I will uphold thee with the right 
 hand of my righteousness. — Isa. xli. 10. 
 
 Pear not : for I have redeemed thee, I 
 have called thee by thy- name ; thou art 
 mine. — Isa. xliii. 1. 
 
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|eai[e. 
 
 ^EARY not, but come in, and 
 see if there be not more in 
 Christ than the tongue of men 
 and angels can express. If 
 ye seek a way to heaven, the 
 way is in him, or he is it. What ye 
 want is treasured up in Jesus ; and he 
 saith all his are yours, — even his king- 
 dom, he is content to divide it betwixt 
 him and you ; yea, his throne and his 
 glory. And therefore take pains to 
 climb up that besieged house to Christ ; 
 for men and devils, and armies of tempt- 
 
 39 
 
2 PEACE. 
 
 ations, are lying about the house, to hold 
 out all that are out. 
 
 My Jesus the sinner receives, 
 
 tell the glad news from on high 
 
 To each who the righteous way leaves, 
 
 In the broad road of ruin to die. 
 
 Salvation is here ; 
 
 sinner, draw near ; 
 
 For Jesus the sinner receives. 
 
 We are none of us worthy his grace ; 
 
 But he in his word hath made known 
 The pity that shines in his face, 
 
 And life's open door-way hath shown. 
 His blood paved the way, 
 And enter we may ; 
 For Jesus the sinner receives. 
 
 troubled in spirit, come here, 
 
 All ye who are mourning for sin ; 
 My Jesus bids each one draw near, 
 No matter how far off they've been. 
 Think on it, believing, 
 Then cease from thy grieving; 
 For Jesus the sinner receives. 
 40 
 
PEA.OE. 
 
 So, when a poor sheep is astray, 
 
 The good shepherd leaveth the rest, 
 And seeks on the mountains all day, 
 And bringeth it home on his breast. 
 With such gentle leading, 
 With such tender pleading, 
 My Jesus the sinner receives. 
 
 I, weary and trembling, come here, 
 
 And lay all my sins at his feet ; 
 My Lord, let thy pity appear, 
 And let thy forgiveness be sweet. 
 This word heals my breast, 
 My heart findeth rest 
 For Jesus the sinner receives. 
 
 My soul now in Jesus doth live, 
 
 And who shall condemn in that day ? 
 
 For He who my sentence must give 
 
 Hath borne my transgressions away. 
 
 There is no condemnation, 
 
 But full, free salvation, 
 
 When Jesus the sinner receives. 
 
 I know he hath welcomed my soul, 
 And opened his heaven to me, 
 
 That, while endless ages shall roll, 
 I blessed and near hiui may be. 
 
 41 
 
4 PEACE. 
 
 So then when I'm dying, 
 My heart shall be crying 
 That Jesus the sinner receives. 
 
 He healeth the broken in heart, and 
 bincleth up their wounds. — Ps. cxlvii. 3. 
 
 He was wounded for our transgressions, 
 he was bruised for our iniquities : the chas- 
 tisement of our peace was upon him; and 
 with his stripes we are healed. — Isaiah 
 liii. 5. 
 
 They that are whole have no need of 
 the physician, but they that are sick. I 
 came not to call the righteous, but sinners 
 to repentance. — Make ii. 17. 
 
 And the son said unto him, Father, I 
 have sinned against heaven, and in thy 
 sight, and am no more worthy to be called 
 thy son. 
 
 But the Father said to his servants, 
 Bring forth the best robe, and put it on 
 him; and put a ring on his hand, and 
 shoes on his feet. — Luke xv. 21, 22. 
 
 42 
 
%$ thou Wiilt 
 
 KNOW we may say, Christ is 
 kindest in his love when we are at 
 our weakest, and that if Christ 
 had not been to the fore in our 
 sad days, the waters had gone 
 over our soul. His mercy hath set a 
 period and appointed a place, how far 
 and no farther the sea of affliction shall 
 flow, and where the waves thereof shall 
 be stayed. He prescribeth how much 
 pain and sorrow, both for weight and 
 measure, we must have. Ye have, then, 
 good cause to recall your love from all 
 lovers, and give it to Christ. He who 
 
 43 
 
2 AS THOU WILT. 
 
 is afflicted in all your afflictions look- 
 eth not on you in your sad hours with 
 an insensible heart or dry eyes. 
 
 My Jesus, as thou wilt ! 
 
 may thy will be mine! 
 Into thy hand of love 
 
 1 would my all resign. 
 Through sorrow or through j oy 
 
 Conduct me as thine own, 
 And help me still to say, 
 My Lord, thy will be done. 
 
 My Jesus, as thou wilt ! 
 
 If needy here, and poor, 
 Give me thy people's bread. — 
 
 Their portion rich and sure. 
 The manna of thy word 
 
 Let my soul feed upon ; 
 And if all else should fail — 
 
 My Lord, thy will be done. 
 
 My Jesus, as thou wilt ! 
 If among thorns I go, 
 Still, sometimes here and there 
 
 Let a few roses blow. 
 44 
 
AS THOU WILT. 
 
 But thou on earth along 
 The thorny path hast gone ; 
 
 Then lead me after thee, — 
 My Lord, thy will be done. 
 
 My Jesus, as thou wilt ! 
 
 Though seen through many a tear," 1 
 Let not my star of hope 
 
 Grow dim or disappear. 
 Since thou on earth hast wept 
 
 And sorrowed oft alone, 
 If I must weep with thee, 
 
 My Lord, thy will be done. 
 
 My Jesus, as thou wilt ! 
 
 If loved ones must depart, 
 Suffer not sorrow's flood 
 
 To overwhelm my heart. 
 For they are blest with thee, — 
 
 Their race and conflict won : 
 Let me but follow them. 
 
 My Lord, thy will be done. 
 
 My Jesus, as thou wilt ! 
 
 When death itself draws nigh, 
 To thy dear wounded side 
 
 I would for refuge fly. 
 
 45 
 
4 AS THOU WILT. 
 
 Leaning on thee, to go 
 
 Where thou before hast gone; 
 
 The rest as thou shalt please. 
 My Lord, thy will be done. 
 
 My Jesus, as thou wilt ! 
 
 All shall be well for me : 
 Each changing future scene 
 
 I gladly trust with thee. 
 Straight to my home above 
 
 I travel calmly on, 
 And sing, in life or death, 
 
 My Lord, thy will be done. 
 
 Lord, thou art my God; I will exalt 
 thee, I will praise thy name; for thou hast 
 done wonderful things; thy counsels of old 
 are faithfulness and truth. — Isa. xxv. 1. 
 
 The Lord is my strength and my song, 
 and he is become my salvation. — Ex. xv. 2. 
 
 give thanks unto the Lord ; for he is 
 good : for his mercy endureth forever. — 
 Ps. cxxxvi. 1. 
 46 
 
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 ($nt^ to pur Colours. 
 
 pERVE Christ,— back him; let 
 his cause be your cause. Give 
 not an hair-breadth of truth 
 fej' away; for it is not yours, but 
 God's. Then, since ye are go- 
 ing, take Christ's testificate with you 
 out of this life : — " Well done, good and 
 faithful servant." His "well done" is 
 worth a shipful of good days and earthly 
 honours. 
 
 Firmly, brethren, firmly stand, 
 All united, heart and hand, — 
 One unbroken, valiant band, — ■ 
 
 Dauntless, brave, and true, 
 47 
 
TRUE TO YOUR COLOURS. 
 
 Die in the field of battle, 
 
 Die in the field of battle, 
 
 Die in the field of battle, 
 
 Glory in your view. 
 
 Lift your standard, — lift it high, — 
 Raise the Christian's battle-cry ; 
 Christ, your glorious leader nigh, 
 Calls aloud for you. 
 
 Once our father-freemen cried, 
 "Victory or death betide !" 
 But, with Jesus on our side, 
 
 Death and victory too ! 
 
 There to die, the battle won ; 
 There to fall, the warfare done ; 
 Glory, brighter than the sun, 
 
 Then our promised due. 
 
 Glorious thus for Christ to die, 
 And with Christ to reign on high, — 
 There with victor hosts to cry, 
 
 Christ has brought us through ! 
 
 Christ, our Captain's name, we boast, 
 Quells the dark Satanic host: 
 48 
 
TRUE TO YOUR COLOURS. 3 
 
 Fall we, then, each at his post, — 
 
 Fall, as Christians do. 
 Die in the field of battle, 
 Die in the field of battle, 
 Die in the field of battle, 
 Glory in your view. 
 
 And when he had called the people 
 unto him with his disciples also, he said 
 unto them, Whosoever will come after 
 me, let him deny himself, and take up 
 his cross, and follow me. — Mark viii. 34. 
 
 He that taketh not his cross, and fol- 
 loweth after me, is not worthy of me. — 
 Matt. x. 38. 
 
 Confirming the souls of the disciples, 
 and exhorting them to continue in the 
 faith, and that we must through much 
 tribulation enter into the kingdom of 
 God. — Acts xiv. 22. 
 
 I reckon that the sufferings of this pre- 
 
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4 TRUE TO YOUR COLOURS. 
 
 sent time are not worthy to be compared 
 with the glory which shall be revealed in 
 us. — Rom. viii. 18. 
 
 Beloved, think it not strange concern- 
 ing the fiery trial which is to try you, as 
 though some strange thing happened unto 
 you : but rejoice, inasmuch as ye are par- 
 takers of Christ's sufferings ; that, when 
 his glory shall be revealed, ye may be 
 glad also with exceeding joy. If ye are 
 reproached for the name of Christ, happy 
 are ye. — 1 Pet. iv. 12-14. 
 
 For it became him, for whom are all 
 things, and by whom are all things, in 
 bringing many sons unto glory, to make 
 the captain of their salvation perfect 
 through sufferings. — Heb. ii. 10. 
 
 They desire a better country, that is, an 
 heavenly : wherefore God is not ashamed 
 to be called their God : for he hath pre- 
 pared for them a city. — Heb. xi. 16. 
 
 50 
 
BELIEVE that when Christ draw- 
 eth blood, he hath skill to cut the 
 
 fright vein, and that he hath taken 
 the whole ordering and disposing 
 of my sufferings. Let him tutor 
 me, and tutor my crosses, as he thinketh 
 good. There is no danger nor hazard 
 in following such a guide, howbeit he 
 should lead me through hell, if I could 
 put faith foremost and fill the field with 
 a quiet on-waiting and believing to see 
 the salvation of God. I know that 
 Christ is not obliged to let me see both 
 sides of my cross, and turn it over that 
 
 51 
 
2 THE GOOD PHYSICIAN. 
 
 I may see all. My faith is richer to 
 live upon credit and Christ's borrowed 
 money, than to have much in hand. 
 
 Thousands, Lord of hosts, this day 
 
 Around thine altar meet, 
 And tens of thousands throng to pay 
 
 Their homage at thy feet. 
 
 They see thy power and glory there, 
 
 As I have seen them too ; 
 They read, they hear, they join in prayer, 
 
 As I was wont to do. 
 
 They sing thy deeds, as I have sung, 
 
 In sweet and solemn lays : 
 Were I among them, my glad tongue 
 
 Might learn new themes of praise. 
 
 For thou art in the midst to teach, 
 When on thy name they call ; 
 
 And thou hast blessings, Lord, for each, — 
 Hast blessings, Lord, for all. 
 
 I, of such fellowship bereft, 
 In spirit turn to thee ; 
 52 
 
THE GOOD PHYSICIAN. 
 
 Oh hast thou not a blessing left, 
 A blessing, Lord, for me ? 
 
 The dew lies thick on all the ground, — 
 Shall my poor fleece be dry ? 
 
 The manna rains from heaven around,— 
 Shall I of hunger die ? 
 
 Behold thy prisoner, — loose my bands, 
 
 If 'tis thy gracious will ; 
 If not, contented in thy hands 
 
 Behold thy prisoner still. 
 
 I may not to thy courts repair, 
 
 Yet here thou surely art ; 
 Lord, consecrate a house of prayer 
 
 In my surrendered heart. 
 
 To faith reveal the things unseen, 
 
 To hope the joys untold ; 
 Let love, without a veil between, 
 
 Thy glory now behold. 
 
 make thy face on me to shine, 
 That doubt and fear may cease ; 
 
 Lift up thy countenance benign 
 On me, and give me peace. 
 
 53 
 
4 THE GOOD PHYSICIAN. 
 
 How excellent is thy loving-kindness, 
 God ! therefore the children of men put 
 their trust under the shadow of thy wings. 
 They shall be abundantly satisfied with 
 the fatness of thy house ; and thou shalt 
 make them drink of the river of thy plea- 
 sures. — Ps. xxxvi. 7, 8. 
 
 In God I will praise his word, in God I 
 have put my trust ; I will not fear what 
 flesh can do unto me. — Ps. lvi. 4. 
 
 My soul, wait thou only upon God; for 
 my expectation is from him. — Ps. lxii. 5. 
 
 My meditation of him shall be sweet : I 
 will be glad in the Lord. — Ps. civ. 35. 
 
 These things have I spoken unto you, 
 that in me ye might have peace. In the 
 world ye shall have tribulation : but be of 
 good cheer ; I have overcome the world. — 
 John xvi. 33. 
 
 54 
 
E content to wade through the 
 waters betwixt you and glory 
 >£ with him, holding his right 
 hand fast; for he knoweth all 
 the fords. Howbeit ye may 
 be ducked, but ye cannot drown, being 
 in his company. And ye may, all the 
 way to glory, see the way bedewed 
 with his blood, who is the forerun- 
 ner. Be not afraid, therefore, when ye 
 come even to the black and swelling river 
 of death, to put in your foot and wade 
 after him; the current, how strong so- 
 ever, cannot carry you down the water 
 
 55 
 
2 THE ETERNAL REFUGE. 
 
 to hell. The Son of God, his death and 
 resurrection, are stepping-stones and a 
 stay to you. Set down your feet by 
 faith upon these stones, and go through 
 as on dry land. 
 
 Jesus, lover of my soul, 
 
 Let me to thy bosom fly ; 
 While the nearer waters roll, 
 
 While the tempest still is high ; 
 Hide me, my Saviour, hide, 
 
 Till the storm of life is past ; 
 Safe unto the haven guide, 
 
 receive my soul at last. 
 
 Other refuge have I none ; 
 
 Hangs my helpless soul on thee : 
 Leave, leave me not alone ; 
 
 Still support and comfort me : 
 All my trust on thee is stayed ; 
 
 All my help from thee I bring ; 
 Cover my defenceless head 
 
 With the shadow of thy wing. 
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THE ETERNAL REFUGE. 3 
 
 Thou, Christ, art all I want : 
 
 More than all in thee I find ; 
 Raise the fallen, cheer the faint, 
 
 Heal the sick, and lead the blind. 
 Just and holy is thy name, 
 
 I am all unrighteousness ; 
 Vile and full of sin I am, 
 
 Thou art full of truth and grace. 
 
 Plenteous grace with thee is found, — 
 
 Grace to cover all my sin : 
 Let the healing streams abound ; 
 
 Make and keep me pure within. 
 Thou of life the fountain art ; 
 
 Freely let me take of thee : 
 Spring thou up within my heart ; 
 
 Rise to all eternity. 
 
 Sing, daughter of Zion: shout, Is- 
 rael; be glad and rejoice with all the 
 heart, daughter of Jerusalem. The 
 Lord hath taken away thy judgments, 
 he hath cast out thine enemy: the king 
 of Israel, even the Lord, is in the midst 
 of thee: thou shalt not see evil any more. 
 
 — Zeph. iii. 14, 15. 
 
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4 THE ETERNAL REFUGE. 
 
 Who shall separate us from the love of 
 Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or 
 persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or 
 peril, or sword? As it is written, For 
 thy sake we are killed all the day long ; 
 we are accounted as sheep for the slaugh- 
 ter. Nay, in all these things we are more 
 than conquerors through him that loved 
 us. For I am persuaded, that neither 
 death, nor life, nor angels, nor principali- 
 ties, nor powers, nor things present, nor 
 things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor 
 any other creature, shall be able to sepa- 
 rate us from the love of God, which is in 
 Christ Jesus our Lord. — Rom. viii. 35-39. 
 
 58 
 
>LADLY suffer to-day, for Christ's 
 sake, whatsoever he permits this 
 day to come upon thee. But 
 look not at the sufferings of to- 
 morrow : — " Sufficient unto the 
 day is the evil thereof." Evil it is, 
 speaking after the manner of men, 
 whether it be reproach or want, pain 
 or sickness. But in the language of 
 God, all is blessing : it is a precious 
 balm prepared by the wisdom of God, 
 and variously dispensed among his 
 children according to the various sick- 
 nesses of their souls. And he gives 
 
 59 
 
STEP BY STEP. 
 
 in one day sufficient for that day, — pro- 
 portioned to the want and strength of 
 the patient. If, therefore, thou snatch- 
 est to-day what belongs to thee to- 
 morrow, — if thou addest this to what 
 is given thee already, — it will be more 
 than thou canst bear : this is not the 
 way to heal, but to destroy, thy own 
 soul. Take, therefore, just as much as 
 he gives thee to-day : to-day do and 
 suffer his will. To-day give up thy- 
 self, thy body, soul, and spirit, to God, 
 through Christ "Jesus ; desiring nothing, 
 but that God may be glorified in all 
 thou art, all thou dost, and all thou 
 sufferest ; seeking nothing, but to know 
 God and his Son, Jesus Christ, through 
 the eternal Spirit; pursuing nothing, 
 but to love Him, to serve Him, and to 
 
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STEP BY STEP. 6 
 
 enjoy Him at this hour and to all eter- 
 nity ! 
 
 As God leads me, will I go, 
 Nor choose my way ; 
 Let him choose the joy or woe 
 Of every day. 
 They cannot hurt my soul, 
 Because in his control : 
 I leave to him the whole, — 
 His children may. 
 
 As God leads me, I am still 
 
 Within his hand, 
 Though his purpose my self-will 
 Doth oft withstand. 
 Yet I wish that none 
 But his will be done, 
 Till the end be won 
 
 That he hath planned. 
 
 As God leads, I am content ; 
 
 He will take care ; 
 All things by his will are sent 
 
 That I must bear. 
 
 61 
 
STEP BY STEP. 
 
 To him I take my fear 
 My wishes, while I'm here : — 
 The way will all seem clear 
 When I am there. 
 
 As God leads me, it is mine 
 
 To follow him; 
 Soon all shall wonderfully shine 
 Which now seems dim. 
 Fulfilled be his decree ! 
 What he shall choose for me, 
 That shall my portion be, 
 Up to the brim ! 
 
 As God leads me, so my heart 
 
 In faith shall rest ; 
 No grief nor fear my soul shall part 
 From Jesus' breast. 
 In sweet belief I know, 
 What way my life doth go, — 
 Since God permitteth so, — 
 That must be best. 
 
 my Father, if this cup may not pass 
 away from me, except I drink it, thy will 
 be done. — Matt. xxvi. 42. 
 
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3fk pnjg of (Sloiig. 
 
 JOVE him dearly; win in to see 
 him ; there is that in him which 
 you never saw. He is aye nigh, 
 he is a tree of life, green and 
 blossoming both summer and 
 winter. There is a nick in Christian- 
 ity, to the which whosoever cometh they 
 see and feel more than others do. I 
 invite you of new to come to him : 
 "Come and see" will speak better 
 things of him than I can do : come 
 nearer, will say much. 
 
 I'll not leave Jesus, — never, never ! 
 Ah ! what can more precious be ? 
 
 63 
 
THE KING OF GLORY. 
 
 Rest and joy and light are ever 
 
 In his hand to give to me. 
 All things that can satisfy, 
 Having Jesus, those have I. 
 
 Love has bound me fast unto him, 
 
 I am his and he is mine ; 
 Daily I for pardon sue him, 
 
 Answers he with peace divine. 
 On that Rock my trust is laid, 
 And I rest beneath its shade. 
 
 Without Jesus, earth would weary, 
 Seem almost like hell to be ; 
 
 But if Jesus I see near me, 
 Earth is almost heaven to me. 
 
 Am I hungry ? he doth give 
 
 Bread on which my soul can live. 
 
 Spent with him, one little hour 
 Giveth a year's worth of gain ; 
 
 Grace and peace put forth their power, 
 Joy doth wholly banish pain. 
 
 One faith-glance that findeth him, 
 
 Maketh earthly crowns look dim. 
 
 how light upon my shoulder 
 
 Lies my cross, now grown so small ! 
 64 
 
THE KING OF GLORY. o 
 
 For the Lord is my upholder, 
 
 Fits it to me, softens all. 
 Neither shall it always stay, — 
 Patience, it will pass away. 
 
 Now he leads me wonderfully, 
 
 Eight and left, through sun and rain , 
 
 Yet I know and trust him truly, 
 It is always for my gain. 
 
 Yes, his wonder-road indeed 
 
 Always heavenward doth lead. 
 
 Those who faithfully go forward, 
 In his changeless care shall go ; 
 
 Nothing's doubtful or untoward 
 To the flock who Jesus know. 
 
 Jesus always is the same ; 
 
 True and faithful is his name. 
 
 Blinded world ! if ye admire 
 
 Earthly trifles, ye are free ! 
 Out of Jesus my desire 
 
 Never shall contented be : 
 I have sworn it in my heart, 
 I from Jesus will not part. 
 
 Lift up your heads, ye gates ; and be 
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4 THE KING OF GLORY. 
 
 ye lifted up, ye everlasting doors; and the 
 King of glory shall come in. Who is this 
 King of glory ? The Lord strong and 
 mighty, the Lord mighty in battle. — Ps. 
 xxiv. 7, 8. 
 
 This is life eternal, that they might 
 know thee the only true God, and Jesus 
 Christ, whom thou hast sent. — John 
 xvii. 3. 
 
 That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, 
 the Father of glory, may give unto you 
 the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the 
 knowledge of him : the eyes of your un- 
 derstanding being enlightened; that ye 
 may know what is the hope of his calling, 
 and what the riches of the glory of his in- 
 heritance in the saints, and what is the 
 exceeding greatness of his power to us- 
 ward who believe. — Eph. i. 17-19. 
 
AM persuaded, if every day a 
 stone in the prison walls were 
 broken, and thereby assurance 
 given to the chained prisoner that a 
 hole should be made at length as 
 wide as he might come safely out to his 
 long-desired liberty, he would in patience 
 wait on till time should hole the prison- 
 wall and break his chains. The Lord's 
 hopeful prisoners under their trials are 
 in that case. Years and months will 
 take out now one little stone, then an- 
 other, of this house of clay, and at 
 length time shall win out the breadth 
 
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2 PATIENCE. 
 
 of a fair door, and send out the im- 
 prisoned soul to the free air in heaven. 
 And time shall file off, by little and 
 little, our iron bolts, which are now on 
 legs and arms, and out-date and wear 
 out trouble threadbare and holely, and 
 then wear them to nothing; for what 
 I suffered yesterday, I know, shall never 
 come again to trouble me. that we 
 could breathe out new hope and new 
 submission every day in Christ's lap ! 
 
 Jesus, help conquer! 
 My spirit is sinking, 
 Deep waters of sorrow go over my head ; 
 Weeping and trembling, 
 And fearing and shrinking, 
 I watch for the day, and night cometh instead. 
 Bitter the cup 
 
 I am hourly drinking, — 
 How thorny the path that I hourly tread ! 
 68 
 
PATIENCE. I 
 
 Jesus, help conquer! 
 
 For, fainting and weary, 
 Scarcely my hands can their weapons sustain ; 
 The way seems so desolate, 
 Painful, and dreary, — 
 How shall I ever to heaven attain ? 
 Jesus, great Captain ! 
 If thou be not near me, 
 How shall I ever the victory gain ? 
 
 Jesus, help conquer ! 
 
 Earth holds out her lure, 
 And mortal affections yearn after the prize : 
 Scarcely my heart 
 
 Can the struggle endure, 
 Scarce can I lift up my tear-blinded eyes. 
 Jesus, Redeemer ! 
 
 Thy promise is sure, — 
 Speak to my spirit, and bid me arise. 
 
 Jesus, help conquer! 
 There is not an hour 
 Of sorrow or joy but is ordered by thee ; 
 Thou dost cut down 
 
 Who hast planted the flower, — 
 Tempest or calm at thy bidding shall be. 
 
 69 
 
4 PATIENCE. 
 
 Look on my sorrow, 
 And give me the power 
 Humbly to wait till thou comfortest me. 
 
 Jesus, help conquer! 
 Lord, turn not away ! 
 See with what power the billows increase ! 
 Give me thy love 
 
 For my comfort and stay. 
 Then shall my trembling and murmuring cease. 
 Then shall my spirit 
 
 Grow strong for the fray, — 
 Then shall my weary heart rest in thy peace. 
 
 Jesus, help conquer! 
 I cry unto thee ! 
 Hardly my heart its petitions can frame : 
 All is so dark 
 
 And so painful to me, 
 All I can utter, sometimes, is thy name. 
 Jesus, help conquer! 
 My portion now be, 
 Though all else should change, be thou ever the samo. 
 
 When my spirit was overwhelmed with- 
 in me, then thou knewest my path. — Ps. 
 
 xiv. 2, 3. 
 70 
 
§fa <8nd njf t\u fag* 
 
 WHEN Christ and ye shall meet 
 about the utmost march and bor- 
 ders of time and the entry into 
 eternity, ye shall see heaven in 
 his face at the first look, and 
 salvation and glory sitting in his coun- 
 tenance and between his eyes. Faint 
 not: the miles to heaven are but few 
 and short. 
 
 When we shall come home and enter 
 to the possession of our Brother's fair 
 kingdom, and when our heads shall find 
 the weight of the eternal crown of glory, 
 
 71 
 
2 THE END OF THE DAY. 
 
 and when we shall look back to pains 
 and sufferings, then shall we see life and 
 sorrow to be less than one step or stride 
 from a prison to glory ; and that our little 
 nick of time-suffering is not worthy of 
 our first night's welcome home to hea- 
 ven. what, then, will be the weight 
 of every one of Christ's kisses ! how 
 weighty, and of what worth, shall every 
 one of Christ's love-smiles be ! 
 
 Asleep in Jesus ! blessed sleep ! 
 From which none ever wakes to weep ! 
 A calm and undisturbed repose, 
 Unbroken by the last of foes. 
 
 Asleep in Jesus ! oh, how sweet 
 
 To be for such a slumber meet ! 
 
 With holy confidence to sing 
 
 That death hath lost its venomed sting ! 
 
 Asleep in Jesus ! peaceful rest ! 
 Whose waking is supremely blest. 
 72 
 
THE END OF THE DAY. 6 
 
 No fear, no woe, shall dim that hour 
 That manifests the Saviour's power. 
 
 Asleep in Jesus ! oh, for me 
 May such a blissful refuge be ! 
 Securely shall my ashes lie, 
 Waiting the summons from on high. 
 
 Asleep in Jesus ! time nor space 
 Debars this precious "hiding-place ;" 
 On Indian plains or Lapland snows, 
 Believers find the same repose. 
 
 Asleep in Jesus ! far from thee 
 Thy kindred and their graves may be ; 
 But there is still a blessed sleep, 
 From which none ever wakes to weep. 
 
 Thine eyes shall see the king in his 
 beauty : they shall behold the land that 
 is very far off. — Isa. xxxiii. 17. 
 
 Look upon Zion, the city of our solem- 
 nities : thine eyes shall see Jerusalem a 
 quiet habitation, a tabernacle that shall 
 not be taken down ; not one of the stakes 
 
 73 
 
4 THE END OF THE DAY. 
 
 thereof shall ever be removed, neither 
 shall any of the cords thereof be broken. 
 But there the glorious Lord will be unto 
 us a place of broad rivers and streams ; 
 wherein shall go no galley with oars, 
 neither shall gallant ship pass thereby. 
 For the Lord is our judge, the Lord is 
 our lawgiver, the Lord is our king ; he 
 will save us. — Isa. xxxiii. 20-23. 
 
 And the inhabitant shall not say, I am 
 sick: the people that dwell therein shall 
 be forgiven their iniquity. — Isa. xxxiii. 24. 
 
 My sheep hear my voice, and I know 
 them, and they follow me: and I give 
 unto them eternal life; and they shall 
 never perish, neither shall any man pluck 
 them out of my hand. My Father, which 
 gave them me, is greater than all ; and no 
 man is able to pluck them out of my Fa- 
 ther's hand. I and my Father are one. — 
 ■Josln x. 27-30. 
 
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She border $mL 
 
 )OW I further saw, that betwixt 
 them and the gate was a river ; 
 but there was no bridge to go 
 over : the river was very deep. 
 At the sight, therefore, of this 
 
 river the pilgrims were much stunned ; 
 
 but the men that went with them said : 
 
 "You must go through, or you cannot 
 
 come at the gate." 
 
 The pilgrims then began to inquire 
 
 if there was no other way to the gate ? 
 
 To which they answered: "Yes; but 
 
 there hath not any, save two, to wit, 
 
 75 
 
2 THE BORDER LAND. 
 
 Enoch and Elijah, been permitted to 
 tread that path since the foundation 
 of the world, nor shall until the last 
 trumpet shall sound." The pilgrims 
 then (especially Christian) began to de- 
 spond in their minds, and looked this 
 "way and that; but no way could be 
 found by them, by which they might 
 escape the river. Then they asked the 
 men, " if the waters were all of a depth ?" 
 They said, "No;" yet they could not 
 help them in that case : " For (said 
 they) you shall find it deeper or* shal- 
 lower as you believe in the King of the 
 place." 
 
 Father, into thy loving hands 
 
 My feeble spirit I commit, 
 While wandering in these border-lands, 
 Until thy voice shall summon it. 
 76 
 
THE BOEDER LAND. 
 
 Father, I would not dare to choose 
 A longer life, an earlier death ; 
 
 I know not what my soul might lose 
 By shortened or protracted breath. 
 
 These border-lands are calm and still, 
 And solemn are their silent shades ; 
 
 And my heart welcomes them, until 
 The light of life's long evening fades. 
 
 I heard them spoken of with dread, 
 As fearful and unquiet places, — 
 
 Shades, where the living and the dead 
 Look sadly in each other's faces. 
 
 But since thy hand hath led me here, 
 And I have seen the border-land, — 
 
 Seen the dark river flowing near, 
 Stood on its brink, as now I stand, — 
 
 There has been nothing to alarm 
 
 My trembling soul : how could I fear 
 
 While thus encircled with thine arm ? 
 I never felt thee half so near. 
 
 What should appal me in a place 
 That brings me hourly nearer thee ? 
 
 11 
 
4 THE BORDER LAND. 
 
 Where I may almost see thy face, — 
 Surely 'tis here my soul would be. 
 
 They say the waves are dark and deep, — 
 That faith hath perished in the river, — 
 
 They speak of death with fear, and weep : 
 Shall my soul perish ? Never ! never ! 
 
 I know that thou wilt never leave 
 The soul that trembles while it clings 
 
 To thee : I know thou wilt achieve 
 
 Its passage on thine outstretched wings. 
 
 I cannot see the golden gate 
 
 Unfolding yet to welcome me ; 
 I cannot yet anticipate 
 
 The joy of heaven's jubilee ; 
 
 But I will calmly watch and pray 
 Until I hear my Saviour's voice 
 
 Calling my happy soul away 
 To see his glory and rejoice. 
 
 death, where is thy sting? grave, 
 where is thy victory? — 1 Cor. xv. 55. 
 
 78 
 
%n Jlncltor of the £oul 
 
 Q^)ELOVED, what a fearful slight- 
 ing of God, and contempt of hea- 
 ven and gloiy and all the pro- 
 mises, doth this argue, that you 
 can be content to be at un- 
 certainties whether they be yours or 
 not ! How many of you there are that 
 do not know whether you be going to 
 heaven or hell ! And what desperate 
 carelessness doth this argue, to go on 
 from week to week in such a case ! 
 Some hopes you have that you shall 
 do well; but put me not off with hopes. 
 Never be satisfied till you are able to 
 
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2 AN ANCHOR OF THE SOUL. 
 
 say, not only, I hope I shall be saved, 
 but, I know I am passed from death to 
 life; I know that "when the earthly 
 house of this tabernacle shall be dis- 
 solved, I have a building not made with 
 hands, eternal in the heavens." 
 
 Jesus, my God, my All in all, 
 
 Display thy power, unveil thy face : 
 
 Wilt thou not hear when sinners call ? 
 Is not thy reign a reign of grace ? 
 
 A thousand times my tongue hath said, 
 "Bought with a price, I'm not my own ;" 
 
 A thousand times my soul hath fled 
 And sought relief before thy throne. 
 
 But now I grope as in the night ; 
 
 I can't believe, I dare not trust ; 
 My path is hedged, I see no light ; 
 
 My hopes are prostrate in the dust. 
 
 With fears that all experience past 
 Has been delusive, false, and vain, 
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AN ANCHOE OF THE SOUL. 
 
 I dread lest, falling short at last, 
 I never shall the prize obtain. 
 
 When to the Cross I wish to fly 
 And see the blood of sprinkling flow 
 
 To Sinai's mount, not Calvary, 
 A legal spirit bids me go. 
 
 Striving to stretch my withered arms, 
 I fain would give myself away ; 
 
 But sins and guilt excite alarms 
 And check a near approach to thee. 
 
 Oh, if already I've believed, 
 If Christ and I indeed are one, 
 
 Then prove thyself my help and shield, 
 Or let the work be now begun. 
 
 Show me a token, Lord, for good, 
 And let me know that I am thine ; 
 
 Dispel my doubts, disperse the cloud, 
 And on my soul benignant shine. 
 
 Now let thy Spirit from above 
 
 Bear witness to my troubled heart ; 
 
 Now shed abroad my Father's love, 
 And filial confidence impart. 
 
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4 AN ANCHOR OF THE SOUL. 
 
 Call unto me, and I will answer thee ; 
 and show thee great and mighty things, 
 which thou knowest not. — Jer. xxxiii. 3. 
 
 Thus saith the Lord God of Israel ; I 
 will yet for this be inquired of by the 
 house of Israel, to do it for them. — Ezek. 
 xxxvi. 37. 
 
 I know whom I have believed, and am 
 persuaded that he is able to keep that 
 which I have committed unto him against 
 that day.— 2 Tim. i. 12. 
 
 There is no fear in love ; but perfect 
 love casteth out fear : because fear hath 
 torment. He that feareth is not made 
 perfect in love. — 1 John iv. 18. 
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Jilt hx Christ. 
 
 AY no more on the creatures 
 than they are able to carry; 
 ^p lay your soul and your weights 
 upon God, — make Him your 
 only, only best beloved. Your 
 errand to this life is to make sure an 
 eternity of glory to your soul, and to 
 match your soul with Christ. Your 
 love, if it were more than all the love 
 of angels in one, is Christ's due : other 
 things, worthy in themselves, in respect 
 of Christ are not worth a windle-straw 
 or a drink of cold water. I doubt not 
 
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Z ALL IN CHEIST. 
 
 but in death ye will see all things more 
 distinctly, and that then the world shall 
 bear no more bulk than it is worth, and 
 that then it shall couch and be con- 
 tracted into nothing, and ye shall see 
 Christ longer, higher, broader, and 
 deeper than ever he was. blessed 
 conquest ! to lose all things, and to 
 gain Christ! 
 
 I know not what ye have, if ye want 
 Christ. Alas! how poor is your gain 
 if the earth were all yours in free heri- 
 tage, holding it of no man of clay, if 
 Christ be not yours ! seek all means, 
 lay all oars in the water, put forth all 
 your power, and bend all your endea- 
 vours, to put away and part with all 
 things, that ye may gain and enjoy 
 Christ. 
 
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ALL IN CHRIST. 
 
 I thirst, thou wounded Lamb of God, 
 To wash me in thy cleansing blood: — 
 To dwell within thy wounds : then pain 
 Is sweet, and life or death is gain. 
 
 Take my poor heart, and let it be 
 Forever closed to all but thee ; 
 Seal thou my breast, and let me wear 
 That pledge of love forever there. 
 
 How blest are they who still abide 
 Close sheltered in thy bleeding side, 
 Who thence their life and strength derive, 
 And by thee move, and in thee live i 
 
 What are our works but sin and death, 
 Till thou thy quickening Spirit breathe ? 
 Thou giv'st the power thy grace to move: 
 wondrous grace ! boundless love ! 
 
 How can it be, thou heavenly King, 
 That thou shouldst us to glory bring, 
 Make slaves the partners of thy throne, 
 Decked with a never-fading crown? 
 
 Hence our hearts melt, our eyes o'erflow, 
 Our words are lost, nor will we know, 
 Nor will we think of aught beside, 
 My Lord, my Love, is crucified ! 
 
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4 ALL IN CHRIST. 
 
 Because thou sayest, I am rich, and in- 
 creased with goods, and have need of no- 
 thing ; and knowest not that thou art 
 wretched, and miserable, and poor, and 
 blind, and naked : I counsel thee to buy 
 of me gold tried in the fire, that thou 
 mayest be rich ; and white raiment, that 
 thou mayest be clothed, and that the 
 shame of thy nakedness do not appear ; 
 and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that 
 thou mayest see. As many as I love, I 
 rebuke and chasten : be zealous, there- 
 fore, and repent. 
 
 Behold, I stand at the door and knock : 
 if any man hear my voice, and open the 
 door, I will come in to him, and will sup 
 with him, and he with me. — Rev. iii. 
 17-20. 
 
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ihe ©titer ghow. 
 
 *F we saw our Father's house, and 
 that great and fair city, the New 
 Jerusalem, which is up above sun 
 and moon, we would cry to be 
 over the water, and to be carried 
 in Christ's arms out of this borrowed 
 prison. 
 
 What have ye to do here? This 
 is not your mountain of rest; arise 
 then, and set your foot up the moun- 
 tain: go up out of the wilderness lean- 
 ing upon the shoulder of your Beloved. 
 (Cant. viii. 5.) If ye knew the welcome 
 
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'2 THE OTHEE SHOEE. 
 
 that abideth you when you come home, 
 ye would hasten your pace; for ye shall 
 see your Lord put up his own holy hand 
 to your face, and wipe all tears from your 
 eyes; and I trow, then ye shall have 
 some joy of heart. 
 
 To thee, 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. 
 one, only mansion ! 
 
 Paradise of joy ! 
 Where tears are ever banished, 
 
 And joys have no alloy. 
 Beside thy living waters 
 
 All plants are, great and small, — 
 The cedar of the forest, 
 
 The hyssop on the wall. 
 Thy ageless walls are bounded 
 
 With amethyst unpriced, 
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THE OTHER SHORE. 
 
 The saints build up its fabric, 
 
 And the corner-stone is Christ. 
 Thou hast no shore, fair ocean ; 
 
 Thou hast no time, bright day ; 
 Dear fountain of refreshment 
 
 To pilgrims far away : 
 Upon the Rock of Ages 
 
 They raise the holy tower, — 
 Thine is the victor's laurel, 
 
 And thine the golden dower. 
 They stand, those halls of Zion, 
 
 Conjubilant with song, 
 And bright with many an angel 
 
 And many a martyr throng : 
 The Prince is ever in them, 
 
 The light is aye serene ; 
 The pastures of the blessed 
 
 Are decked in glorious sheen. 
 There is the throne of David, 
 
 And there, from toil released, 
 The shout of them that triumph, 
 
 The song of them that feast. 
 And they, beneath their Leader, 
 
 Who conquered in the fight, 
 Forever and forever 
 
 Are clad in robes of white. 
 
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4 THE OTHEE SHORE. 
 
 Let your loins be girded about, and 
 your lights burning ; and ye yourselves 
 like unto men that wait for their lord, 
 when he will return from the wedding ; 
 that when he cometh and knocketh, they 
 may open unto him immediately. — Luke 
 xii. 35, 36. 
 
 Blessed be the God and Father of our 
 Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his 
 abundant mercy hath begotten us again 
 unto a lively hope by the resurrection of 
 Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inherit- 
 ance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that 
 ladeth not away, reserved in heaven for 
 you, who are kept by the power of God 
 through faith unto salvation. — 1 Peter i. 
 3-5. 
 
 Beloved, now are we the sons of God, 
 and it doth not yet appear what we shall 
 be : but we know that when he shall ap- 
 pear, we shall be like him; for we shall 
 see him as he is. — 1 John iii. 2. 
 
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5F thou wouldest have more of that 
 grace which flows from Christ, 
 why art thou no more with Christ 
 for it? Thy strength is in hea- 
 ven, and thy life is in heaven ; and 
 thence thou must daily fetch it if thou 
 wilt have it. For want of this recourse 
 to heaven, thy soul is as a candle that 
 is not lighted, and thy duties as a sacri- 
 fice which hath no fire. Fetch one coal 
 daily from this altar, and see if thy of- 
 fering will not burn. Light thy candle 
 at this flame, and feed it daily with oil 
 
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2 WHO GIVETH LIBERALLY. 
 
 from thence, and see if it will not glo- 
 riously shine. Keep close to this re- 
 viving fire, and see if thy affections will 
 not be warm. 
 
 Love divine, how sweet thou art ! 
 When shall I find my willing heart 
 
 All taken up by thee ? 
 
 1 thirst, I faint, I die, to prove 
 The greatness of redeeming love, — 
 
 The love of Christ to me. 
 
 Stronger his love than death or hell ; 
 Its riches are unsearchable ; 
 
 The first-born sons of light 
 Desire in vain its depths to see ; 
 They cannot reach the mystery, — 
 
 The length, the breadth, the height. 
 
 God only knows the love of God : 
 that it now were shed abroad 
 
 In this poor, stony heart ! 
 
 For love I sigh, for love I pine, — 
 
 This only portion, Lord, be mine, 
 
 Be mine this better part. 
 
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WHO GIVETH LIBERALLY. 
 
 that I could, with favoured John, 
 Eecline my weary head upon 
 
 The dear Redeemer's breast : 
 From care, and sin, and sorrow free, 
 Give me, Lord, to find in thee 
 
 My everlasting rest. 
 
 My soul followeth bard after thee : thy 
 right hand upholdeth me. — Ps. lxiii. 8. 
 
 I am the Lord thy God, which brought 
 thee out of the land of Egypt : open thy 
 mouth wide, and I will fill it. — Psalm 
 lxxxi. 10. 
 
 Abide in me, and I in you. As the 
 branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except 
 it abide in the vine ; no more can ye, ex- 
 cept ye abide in me. — John xv. 4. 
 
 Hitherto ye have asked nothing in my 
 name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your 
 joy may be full. — John xvi. 24. 
 
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4 WHO G-IVETH LIBERALLY. 
 
 And now, little children, abide in him ; 
 that, when he shall appear, we may have 
 confidence, and not be ashamed before him 
 at his coming. — 1 John ii. 28. 
 
 Judas saith unto him, not Iscariot, Lord, 
 how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself 
 unto us, and not unto the world ? 
 
 Jesus answered and said unto him, If a 
 man love me, he will keep my words : and 
 my Father will love him, and we will come 
 unto him, and make our abode with him. — 
 John xiv. 22, 23. 
 
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|ET them be careful, during the 
 short time that they are here, to 
 run and get a grip of the prize. 
 Christ is standing at the head 
 of the way, holding up the gar- 
 land of endless glory to their eyes, and 
 is crying, "Kun fast, and come and re- 
 ceive." Happy are they if their breath 
 serve them to run, and not to weary, 
 until the Lord with his own dear hand 
 put the crown upon their head ! 
 
 It is not long days, but good days, 
 that make the life glorious and happy : 
 
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2 ON THE WAY. 
 
 and our dear Lord is gracious to us, 
 who shorteneth, and bath made the 
 way to glory shorter than it was : so 
 that the crown that Noah did fight for 
 five hundred years, children may now 
 obtain in ten years and less. 
 
 And let this feeble body fail, 
 
 And let it faint and die, 
 My soul shall quit the mournful vale 
 
 And soar to worlds on high ; 
 Shall join the disembodied saints, 
 
 And find its long-sought rest — 
 That only bliss for which it pants — 
 
 In the Redeemer's breast. 
 
 In hope of that immortal crown, 
 
 I now the cross sustain, 
 And gladly wander up and down, 
 
 And smile at toil and pain ; 
 I suffer on my threescore years 
 
 Till my Deliverer come, 
 And wipe away his servant's tears, 
 
 And take his exile home. 
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ON THE WAY. 3 
 
 what hath Jesus bought for me ! 
 Before my ravished eyes 
 
 Kivers of life divine I see, 
 And trees of Paradise : 
 
 1 see a world of spirits bright 
 Who taste the pleasures there : 
 
 They all are robed in spotless white, 
 And conquering palms they bear. 
 
 what are all my sufferings here, 
 
 If, Lord, thou count me meet 
 With that enraptured host to appear, 
 
 And worship at thy feet ! 
 Give joy or grief, give ease or pain, 
 
 Take life or friends away, 
 But let me find them all again 
 
 In that eternal day. 
 
 He shall enter into peace. — Isa. lvii. 2. 
 
 His Lord said unto him, Well done, 
 thou good and faithful servant : thou hast 
 been faithful over a few things, I will 
 make thee ruler over many things: enter 
 thou into the joy of thy Lord. — Matt. 
 xxv. 21. 
 
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4 ON THE WAY. 
 
 Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise 
 being left us of entering into his rest, 
 any of you should seem to come short of 
 it. — Heb. iv. 1. 
 
 The world passeth away, and the lust 
 thereof: but he that doeth the will of God 
 abideth forever. — 1 John ii. 17. 
 
 Thou hast a few names even in Sardis 
 which have not defiled their garments ; 
 and they shall walk with me in white : 
 for they are worthy. — Rev. iii. 4. 
 
 I heard a voice from heaven saying 
 unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead 
 which die in the Lord from henceforth: 
 yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest 
 from their labours; and their works do 
 follow them. — Rev. xiv. 13. 
 
£tttenjgth that h §er|eri 
 
 ^jJO want complaints of weakness 
 
 is for heaven and angels that 
 
 never sinned, not for Christians 
 
 in Christ's camp on the earth. 
 
 I think our weakness maketh 
 
 us the church of the redeemed ones, and 
 
 Christ's field that the Mediator should 
 
 labour in. 
 
 how sweet it is for a sinner to put 
 his weakness in Christ's strengthening 
 hand, and to father a sick soul upon 
 such a Physician, and to lay weakness 
 before him, to weep upon him, and to 
 
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2 STRENGTH THAT IS PERFECT. 
 
 plead and pray ! Weakness can speak 
 and cry, when we have not a tongue. 
 
 How sweet the name of Jesus sounds 
 
 In a believer's ear ! 
 It soothes his sorrows, heals his wounds, 
 
 And drives away his fear. 
 
 It makes the wounded spirit whole, 
 And calms the troubled breast ; 
 
 Tis manna to the hungry soul, 
 And to the weary, rest. 
 
 Dear name ! the rock on which I build, 
 
 My shield and hiding-place, 
 My never-failing treasury, filled 
 
 With boundless stores of grace. 
 
 By thee, my prayers acceptance gain, 
 
 Although with sin defiled ; 
 Satan accuses me in vain, 
 
 And I am owned a child. 
 
 Jesus, my Shepherd, Husband, Friend, 
 My Prophet, Priest, and King, 
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STRENGTH THAT IS PERFECT. 3 
 
 My Lord, my Life, my Way, my End, 
 Accept the praise I bring. 
 
 Weak is the effort of my heart, 
 And cold my warmest thought ; 
 
 But when I see thee as thou art, 
 I'll praise thee as I ought. 
 
 Till then, I would thy love proclaim 
 
 With every fleeting breath ; 
 And may the music of thy name 
 
 Refresh my soul in death ! 
 
 They cried to God in the battle, and 
 he was entreated of them ; because they 
 put their trust in him. — 1 Chron. v. 20. 
 
 We have no might against this great 
 company that cometh against us ; neither 
 know we what to do : but our eyes are 
 upon thee. — 2 Chron. xx. 12. 
 
 I waited patiently for the Lord; and 
 he inclined unto me, and heard my cry. — 
 Ps. xl. 1. 
 
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4 STRENGTH THAT IS PERFECT. 
 
 Trust in him at all times ; ye people, 
 pour out your hearts before him : God is 
 a refuge for us. — Ps. lxii. 8. 
 
 "Who is among you that feareth the 
 Lord, that obeyeth the voice of his ser- 
 vant, that walketh in darkness, and hath 
 no light ? let him trust in the name of the 
 Lord, and stay himself upon his God. — 
 Isa. 1. 10. 
 
 And Jesus came and spake unto them, 
 saying, All power is given unto me in 
 heaven and in earth. Go ye therefore, 
 and teach all nations, baptizing them in 
 the name of the Father, and of the Son, 
 and of the Holy Ghost : teaching them to 
 observe all things whatsoever I have com- 
 manded you: and lo, I am with you alway, 
 even unto the end of the world. — Matt. 
 xxviii. 18-20. 
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