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THE BENSON LIBRARY OF HYMNOLOGY 
 
 Endowed by the Reverend 
 
 Louis Fitzgerald Benson, d.d. 
 
 LIBRARY OF THE THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY 
 PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY 
 
 
A SELECTION OF 
 
 OCT 1 1! 
 
 SPIRITUAL SONGS 
 
 FOR THE SUNDAY-SCHOOL. 
 
 SELECTED AND ARRANGED BY 
 
 Rev. CHARLES S. ROBINSON, D. D. 
 
 Copyright, 18S1, by The Century Co. 
 
 The CENTURY CO., NEW-YORK. 
 
PUBLISHERS' NOTE. 
 
 This collection is inte tided to accompany one 
 of larger size, containing the tunes as well as 
 hymns. It has been prepared for the use of 
 younger scholars in the Sabbath-school and for 
 those who desire a hymn-book only, and at a 
 lower price than that of the larger volume. The 
 latter contains additional indexes of the writers of 
 the hymns and the composers of the music. 
 
 New- York, August, 1881. 
 
 Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1880, by Scribner & Co. ir„ 
 the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. 
 
 Copyright, 1881, by The Century Co. 
 
SPIRITUAL SONGS. 
 
 -*- The Trinity. 
 
 Holy, holy, holy ! Lord God Almighty ! 
 Early in the morning our song shall rise to thee ; 
 Holy, holy, holy ! merciful and mighty, 
 God in three persons, blessed Trinity ! 
 
 2 Holy, holy, holy ! all the saints adore thee, 
 Casting down their golden crowns around the 
 
 glassy sea; 
 Cherubim and seraphim falling down before thee, 
 Which wert, and art, and evermore shalt be. 
 
 3 Holy, holy, holy! though the darkness hide 
 
 thee, 
 Though the eye of sinful man thy glory may 
 
 not see; 
 Only thou art holy ; there is none beside thee, 
 Perfect in power, in love and purity. 
 
 4 Holy, holy, holy ! Lord God Almighty ! 
 
 All thy works shall praise thy name, in earth 
 
 and sky and sea; 
 Holy, holy, holy ! merciful and mighty ; 
 God in three persons, blessed Trinity ! 
 
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SPIRITUAL SONGS 
 " Lord of lords** 
 
 Upward where the stars are burning, 
 Silent, silent in their turning, 
 
 Round the never changing pole \ 
 Upward where the sky is brightest, 
 Upward where the blue is lightest, 
 
 Lift I now my longing soul. 
 
 2 Far beyond that arch of gladness, 
 Far beyond these clouds of sadness, 
 
 Are the many mansions fair: 
 Far from pain and sin and folly, 
 In that palace of the holy — 
 
 I would find my mansion there. 
 
 3 Where the Lamb on high is seated, 
 By ten thousand voices greeted : 
 
 Lord of lords, and King of kings! 
 Son of man, they crown, they crown him, 
 Son of God, they own, they own him, 
 
 With his name the palace rings. 
 
 4 Blessing, honor, without measure, 
 Heavenly riches, earthly treasure, 
 
 Lay we at his blessed feet : 
 Poor the praise that now we render, 
 Loud shall be our voices yonder, 
 
 When before his throne we meet. 
 
 Invocation. 
 
 Love divine, all love excelling, — 
 Joy of heaven, to earth come down ! 
 
FOR THE SUNDAY-SCHOOL. 
 
 Fix in us thy humble dwelling, 
 All thy faithful mercies crown : 
 
 Jesus! thou art all compassion, 
 Pure, unbounded love thou art; 
 
 Visit us with thy salvation, 
 Enter every trembling heart. 
 
 2 Breathe, oh, breathe thy loving Spirit 
 Into every troubled breast ! 
 
 Let us all in thee inherit, 
 
 Let us find the promised rest : 
 
 Come, almighty to deliver, 
 Let us all thy life receive ! 
 
 Speedily return, and never, 
 
 Never more thy temples leave! 
 
 3 Finish then thy new creation, 
 Pure, unspotted may we be : 
 
 Let us see our whole salvation 
 
 Perfectly secured by thee ! 
 Changed from glory into glory, 
 
 Till in heaven we take our place; 
 Till we cast our crowns before thee, 
 
 Lost in wonder, love, and praise. 
 
 Prayer for Help. 
 
 Saviour, King, in hallowed union, 
 At thy sacred feet we bow ; 
 
 Heart with heart, in blest communion. 
 Join to crave thy favor now ! 
 
SPIRITUAL SONGS 
 
 Though celestial choirs adore thee, 
 Let our prayers as incense rise; 
 
 And our praise be set before thee, 
 Sweet as evening sacrifice. 
 
 2 Heavenly Fount, thy streams of blessing 
 Oft have cheered us on our way ; 
 
 By thy power and grace unceasing 
 
 We continue to this day. 
 Raise we then, with glad emotion, 
 
 Thankful lays : and, while we sing, 
 Vow a pure, a full devotion, 
 
 To thy work, O Saviour King! 
 
 3 When we tell the wondrous story 
 Of thy rich, exhaustless love, 
 
 Send thy Spirit, Lord of glory, 
 On the youthful heart to move ! 
 
 Oh, that he, the ever-living, 
 May descend as fruitful rain ; 
 
 Till the wilderness, reviving, 
 Blossoms as the rose again. 
 
 " Te Deum." 
 
 God eternal, Lord of all ! 
 
 Lowly at thy feet we fall : 
 
 All the world doth worship thee ; 
 
 We amidst the throng would be. 
 
 All the holy angels cry, 
 
 Hail, thrice-holy, God most high ! 
 
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 FOR THE SUNDAY-SCHOOL. 
 
 Lord of all the heavenly powers, 
 Be the same loud anthem ours. 
 
 2 Glorified apostles raise 
 Night and day continual praise ; 
 Hast thou not a mission, too, 
 For thy children here to do ? 
 With the prophets' goodly line 
 We in mystic bond combine ; 
 For thou hast to babes revealed 
 Things that to the wise were sealed. 
 
 3 Martyrs, in a noble host, 
 
 Of thy cross are heard to boast ; 
 Since so bright the crown they wear. 
 We with them thy cross would bear. 
 All thy church, in heaven and earth, 
 Jesus ! hail thy spotless birth ; — 
 Seated on the judgment- throne, 
 Number us among thine own ! 
 
 1 ' In Excels is. 
 
 Glory be to God on high, — 
 God, whose glory fills the sky : 
 Peace on earth to man forgiven, — 
 Man, the well-beloved of heaven. 
 Sovereign Father, Heavenly King! 
 Thee we now presume to sing ; 
 Glad thine attributes confess, 
 Glorious all, and numberless. 
 
SPIRITUAL SONGS 
 
 2 Hail, by all thy works adored ! 
 Hail, the everlasting Lord ! 
 
 Thee with thankful hearts we prove,— 
 God of power, and God of love ! 
 Christ our Lord and God we own, — - 
 Christ the Father's only Son ; 
 Lamb of God, for sinners slain, 
 Saviour of offending man. 
 
 3 Jesus ! in thy name we pray, 
 Take, oh, take our sins away, 
 Powerful Advocate with God! 
 Justify us by thy blood. 
 
 Hear, for thou, O Christ ! alone, 
 Art with thy great Father one ; 
 One the Holy Ghost with thee; — 
 One supreme eternal Three. 
 
 Psalm go. 
 
 O God, the Rock of Ages, 
 
 Who evermore hast been, 
 What time the tempest rages, 
 
 Our dwelling-place serene: 
 Before thy first creations, 
 
 O Lord, the same as now, 
 To endless generations, 
 
 The Everlasting thou! 
 
 2 Our years are like the shadows 
 On sunny hills that lie, 
 
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 FOR THE SUNDAY-SCHOOL. 
 
 Or grasses in the meadows, 
 That blossom but to die : 
 
 A sleep, a dream, a story. 
 By strangers quickly told, 
 
 An unremaining glory 
 
 Of things that soon are old. 
 
 3 O thou who canst not slumber, 
 
 Whose light grows never pale. 
 Teach us aright to number 
 
 Our years before they fail ! 
 On us thy mercy lighten, 
 
 On us thy goodness rest, 
 And let thy Spirit brighten 
 
 The hearts thyself hast blessed ! 
 
 TV. from a BohemiaJi Carol. 
 
 To God let all sing praises 
 
 For this our day of joy, 
 His gift to us from heaven ; 
 
 Let songs each tongue employ. 
 Fulfilled is now the promise, 
 
 To us is given a Child, 
 To make his people holy, 
 
 To cleanse a world defiled. 
 
 2 Our Saviour is a warrior, 
 
 He comes for victory ; 
 And yet the conqueror's mother 
 
 A virgin meek shall be. 
 
SPIRITUAL SONGS 
 
 To God again sing praises ; 
 
 Extol his wondrous grace ; 
 Give thanks, the Saviour cometh, 
 
 And we shall see his face. 
 
 3 We welcome thee, O Saviour, 
 
 Thou hope of every heart ; 
 Though thine 's a life of sorrow, 
 
 Thine every bitter smart, 
 Thou art the world's one jewel — 
 
 How bright thy glories shine ! 
 Thou art thy people's Saviour, 
 
 Sweet Saviour, thou art mine. 
 
 9 
 
 Psalm 148. 
 
 Praise the Lord ! praise him ! 
 Men and angels, unite in happy song! 
 
 Praise the Lord ! praise him ! 
 Sing Jehovah's praises, loud and long ! 
 Praise him, ye heavens ! praise him, ye stars of 
 
 light ! 
 Praise him, ye mountains ! oh, praise him day 
 and night ! 
 
 Cho. — Praise the Lord ! praise him ! 
 
 Men and angels, unite in happy 
 song ! 
 Praise the Lord ! praise him ! 
 
 Sing Jehovah's praises, loud and 
 long! 
 
FOR THE SUNDAY-SCHOOL. 9 
 
 2 Praise the Lord ! praise him ! 
 Praise his name, for his promises are sure; 
 
 Praise the Lord ! praise him ! 
 For his mercies ever shall endure. 
 Praise him, ye children ! men, maidens, old and 
 
 young ! 
 Kings bow before him from every land and 
 tongue. 
 
 3 Praise the Lord ! praise him ! 
 Earth's Redeemer, the blessed Prince of 
 
 Peace ! 
 Praise the Lord ! praise him ! 
 May Jehovah's praises never cease ! 
 Sing ye his glory, send forth his name abroad ; 
 Tell the glad story of this our mighty God. 
 
 10 
 
 " God on High." 
 
 Thou who art enthroned above, 
 Thou by whom we live and move ! 
 Oh, how sweet, with joyful tongue, 
 To resound thy praise in song ! 
 When the morning paints the skies, 
 When the sparkling stars arise, 
 All thy favors to rehearse, 
 And give thanks in grateful verse. 
 
 2 Sweet the day of sacred rest, 
 When devotion fills the breast, 
 
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 When we dwell within thy house, 
 Hear thy word, and pay our vows ; 
 Notes to heaven's high mansions raise, 
 Fill its courts with joyful praise; 
 With repeated hymns proclaim 
 Great Jehovah's awful name. 
 
 3 From thy works our joys arise, 
 O thou only good and wise ! 
 Who thy wonders can declare ? 
 How profound thy counsels are ! 
 Warm our hearts with sacred fire ; 
 Grateful fervors still inspire ; 
 All our powers, with all their might, 
 Ever in thy praise unite. 
 
 11 
 
 1 ' Ever Faithful. 
 
 Let us with a joyful mind 
 Praise the Lord, for he is kind, 
 For his mercies shall endure, 
 Ever faithful, ever sure. 
 Let us sound his name abroad, 
 For of gods he is the God 
 Who by wisdom did create 
 Heaven's expanse and all its state ; — 
 
 2 Did the solid earth ordain 
 How to rise above the main ; 
 Who, by his commanding might, 
 Filled the new-made world with light 
 
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 Caused the golden-tressed sun 
 All the day his course to run ; 
 And the moon to shine by night, 
 'Mid her spangled sisters bright. 
 
 3 All his creatures God doth feed, 
 His full hand supplies their need; 
 Let us, therefore, warble forth 
 His high majesty and worth. 
 He his mansion hath on high, 
 'Bove the reach of mortal eye ; 
 And his mercies shall endure, 
 Ever faithful, ever sure. 
 
 Bounteous Care. 
 
 Now thank we all our God, 
 
 With heart, and hands, and voices, 
 Who wondrous things hath done, 
 
 In whom the world rejoices ; 
 Who from our mother's arms 
 
 Hath blessed us on our way 
 With countless gifts of love, 
 
 And still is ours to-day. 
 
 2 Oh, may this bounteous God 
 Through all our life be near us, 
 
 With ever joyful hearts 
 
 And blessed peace to cheer us ; 
 
 To keep us in his grace 
 
 And guide us when perplexed, 
 
12 SPIRITUAL SONGS 
 
 And free us from all ills 
 In this world and the next. 
 
 3 All praise and thanks to God 
 
 The Father, now be given ; 
 The Son, and him who reigns 
 
 With them in highest heaven ! 
 The one eternal God, 
 
 Whom heaven and earth adore ; 
 For thus it was, is now, 
 
 And shall be evermore. 
 
 13 
 
 Beneficence. 
 
 To thee, O God, we raise 
 
 Our voice in choral singing; 
 We come with prayer and praise, 
 
 Our hearts' oblations bringing ; 
 Thou art our fathers' God, 
 
 And ever shalt be ours ; 
 Our lips and lives shall laud 
 
 Thy name, with all our powers. 
 
 2 Thy goodness, like the dew 
 
 On Hermon's hill descending, 
 Is every morning new, 
 
 And tells of love unending. 
 We bless thy tender care 
 
 That led our wayward feet, 
 Past every fatal snare,. 
 
 To streams and pastures sweet. 
 
14 
 
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 3 We bless thy Son, who bore 
 
 The cross, for sinners dying ; 
 Thy Spirit we adore, 
 
 The precious blood applying. 
 Let work and worship send 
 
 Their incense unto thee ; 
 Till song and service blend 
 
 Beside the crystal sea. 
 
 Morning Hymn. 
 
 Hallelujah ! fairest morning ! 
 
 Fairer than our words can say ! 
 Down we lay the heavy burden 
 
 Of our toil and care to-day : 
 While this morn of joy and love 
 Brings fresh vigor from above. 
 
 2 Sun-day, full of holy glory! 
 Sweetest rest-day of the soul ! 
 
 Light upon a world of darkness 
 
 From thy blessed moments roll ! 
 Holy, happy, heavenly day, 
 Thou canst charm our grief away. 
 
 3 In the gladness of God's worship 
 We will seek our joy to-day : 
 
 It is then we learn the fulness 
 
 Of the grace for which we pray : 
 When the word of life is given, 
 Like the Saviour's voice from heaven. 
 
14 SPIRITUAL SONGS 
 
 4 Let the day with thee be ended, 
 As with thee it has begun ; 
 
 And thy blessing, Lord, be granted, 
 Till earth's days and weeks are done ; 
 
 That at last thy servants may 
 
 Keep eternal Sabbath day. 
 
 15 
 
 Love to Christ. 
 
 I will love thee, all my treasure ; 
 
 I will love thee, all my strength ; 
 I will love thee without measure, 
 
 And will love thee right at length : 
 
 1 will love thee, Light divine, 
 Till I die and find thee mine. 
 
 2 I will praise thee, Sun of Glory, 
 
 For thy beams have gladness brought ; 
 I will praise thee, will adore thee, 
 
 For the light I vainly sought ; 
 Praise thee that thy words so blest 
 Spake my sin-sick soul to rest. 
 
 3 Be my heart more warmly glowing, 
 Sweet and calm the tears I shed ; 
 
 And its love, its ardor, showing, 
 
 Let my spirit onward tread : 
 Near to thee, and nearer still, 
 Draw this heart, this mind, this will. 
 
 4 I will love in joy or sorrow, 
 Crowning joy ! will love thee well; 
 
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 I will love to-day, to-morrow, 
 While I in this body dwell : 
 
 1 will love thee, Light divine ! 
 Till I die, and find thee mine. 
 
 Psalm 2 j. 
 
 To thy pastures fair and large, 
 Heavenly Shepherd, lead thy charge, 
 And my couch, with tenderest care, 
 'Mid the springing grass prepare. 
 
 2 When I faint with summer's heat, 
 Thou shalt guide my wean* feet 
 To the streams that, still and slow. 
 Through the verdant meadows flow. 
 
 3 Safe the dreary vale I tread, 
 By the shades of death o'erspread, 
 With thy rod and staff supplied, 
 This my guard — and that my guide. 
 
 4 Constant to my latest end, 
 Thou my footsteps shalt attend ; 
 And shalt bid thy hallowed dome 
 
 1 me an eternal home. 
 
 Christ the Day-star, 
 
 Christ, whose glory fills the skies, 
 Christ, the true, the only light, 
 
 Sun of Righteousness, arise, 
 
 Triumph o'er the shades of night ; 
 
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 Day-spring from on high, be near, 
 Day-star in my heart appear. 
 
 2 Dark and cheerless is the morn, 
 If thy light is hid from me ; 
 
 Joyless is the day's return, 
 
 Till thy mercy's beams I see; 
 Till they inward light impart, 
 AVarmth and gladness to my heart. 
 
 3 Visit, then, this soul of mine ; 
 Pierce the gloom of sin and grief; 
 
 Fill me, radiant Sun divine ! 
 
 Scatter all my unbelief; 
 More and more thyself display, 
 Shining to the perfect day. 
 
 18 
 
 Evening Song. 
 
 Sun of my soul, thou Saviour dear! 
 It is not night if thou be near ; 
 Oh, may no earth-born cloud arise, 
 To hide thee from thy servant's eyes ! 
 When the soft dews of kindly sleep 
 My weary eyelids gently steep, 
 Be my last thought, how sweet to rest 
 For ever on my Saviour's breast ! 
 
 2 Abide with me from morn till eve, 
 For without thee I cannot live ; 
 Abide with me when night is nigh, 
 For without thee I dare not die 
 
FOR THE SUNDAY-SCHOOL. 17 
 
 If some poor wandering child of thine 
 Have spurned to-day the voice divine, 
 Now, Lord ! the gracious work begin ; 
 Let him no more lie down in sin. 
 
 3 Watch by the sick ; enrich the poor 
 With blessings from thy boundless store; 
 Be every mourner's sleep to-night, 
 Like infant's slumbers, pure and light ! 
 Come near and bless us when we wake. 
 Ere through the world our way we take ; 
 Till, in the ocean of thy love, 
 We lose ourselves in heaven above. 
 
 19 
 
 " Let thy servants hear." 
 
 In thy name, O Lord ! assembling, 
 We, thy people, now draw near ; 
 
 Teach us to rejoice with trembling; 
 Speak, and let thy servants hear, — 
 
 Hear with meekness, — 
 Hear thy word with godly fear. 
 
 2 While our days on earth are lengthened, 
 May we give them, Lord! to thee; 
 
 Cheered by hope, and daily strengthened, 
 May we run, nor weary be, 
 
 Till thy glory 
 Without clouds in heaven we see. 
 
 3 There, in worship purer, sweeter, 
 Thee, thy people shall adore; 
 
 2 
 
18 SPIRITUAL SONGS 
 
 Tasting of enjoyment greater 
 
 Than they could conceive before ; 
 Full enjoyment, 
 Full, unmixed, and evermore. 
 
 20 
 
 Home Missions. 
 
 Saints of God ! the dawn is brightening, 
 
 Token of our coming Lord ; 
 O'er the earth the field is whitening; 
 
 Louder rings the Master's word, — 
 " Pray for reapers 
 In the harvest of the Lord." 
 
 2 Feebly now they toil in sadness, 
 Weeping o'er the waste around, 
 
 Slowly gathering grains of gladness, 
 While their echoing cries resound, — 
 " Pray that reapers 
 In God's harvest may abound." 
 
 3 Now, O Lord ! fulfil thy pleasure, 
 Breathe upon thy chosen band, 
 
 And, with pentecostal measure, 
 Send forth reapers o'er our land,— 
 Faithful reapers, 
 Gathering sheaves for thy right hand. 
 
 4 Broad the shadow of our nation, 
 Eager millions hither roam ; 
 
FOR THE SUNDAY-SCHOOL. 19 
 
 Lo ! they wait for thy salvation ; 
 Come, Lord Jesus ! quickly come ! 
 
 By thy Spirit, 
 Bring thy ransomed people home. 
 
 5 Soon shall end the time of weeping, 
 Soon the reaping time will come, — 
 
 Heaven and earth together keeping 
 God's eternal Harvest Home : 
 
 Saints and angels ! 
 Shout the world's great Harvest Home. 
 
 21 
 
 The Lord's Day. 
 
 Hail the day that sees him rise, 
 
 Hallelujah ! 
 Glorious to his native skies ! 
 
 Hallelujah / 
 Christ, awhile to mortals given, 
 
 Hallelujah / 
 Enters now the gates of heaven. 
 
 Hallelujah / 
 
 2 There the glorious triumph waits; 
 Lift your heads, eternal gates ! 
 Christ hath vanquished death and sin ; 
 Take the King of glory in. 
 
 3 Still for us he intercedes, 
 His prevailing death he pleads ; 
 Near himself prepares a place, 
 Great Forerunner of our race. 
 
20 SPIRITUAL SONGS 
 
 4 What, though parted from our sighi 
 Far above yon starry height ? 
 Thither our affections rise, 
 Following him beyond the skies. 
 
 22 
 
 23 
 
 The Good Shepherd. 
 
 Saviour, who thy flock art feeding, 
 With the shepherd's kindest care, 
 
 All the feeble gently leading, 
 
 While the lambs thy bosom share ;— 
 
 2 Now, these little ones receiving, 
 Fold them in thy gracious arm ; 
 
 There, we know, thy word believing, 
 Only there, secure from harm. 
 
 3 Never from thy pasture roving, 
 Let them be the lion's prey ; 
 
 Let thy tenderness, so loving, 
 
 Keep them all life's dangerous way. 
 
 4 Then, within thy fold eternal, 
 Let them find a resting-place, 
 
 Feed in pastures ever vernal, 
 Drink the rivers of thy grace. 
 
 Divine Presence. 
 
 Holy Father, hear my cry ; 
 
 Holy Saviour, bend thine ear ; 
 Holy Spirit, come thou nigh; 
 
 Father, Saviour, Spirit, hear ! 
 
24 
 
 FOR THE SUNDAY-SCHOOL. 
 
 Father, save me from my sin ; 
 
 Saviour, I thy mercy crave; 
 Gracious Spirit, make me clean; 
 
 Father, Son, and Spirit, save ! 
 
 2 Father, let me taste thy love ; 
 
 Saviour, till my soul with peace; 
 Spirit, come my heart to move ; 
 
 Father, Son, and Spirit, bless ! 
 Father, Son, and Spirit — thou 
 
 One Jehovah, shed abroad 
 All thy grace within me now ; 
 
 Be my Father and my God ! 
 
 3 Praise our glorious King and Lord, 
 
 Angels waiting on his word, 
 Saints that walk with him in white, 
 
 Pilgrims walking in his light ; 
 Glory to the Eternal One, 
 
 Glory to his Only Son, 
 Glory to the Spirit be, 
 
 Now, and through eternity. 
 
 Holy, holy, holy. 
 
 Holy, holy, holy Lord 
 
 God of Hosts ! when heaven and earth, 
 Out of darkness, at thy word 
 
 Issued into glorious birth, 
 All thy works before thee stood, 
 And thine eye beheld them good, 
 
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 While they sung with sweet accord, 
 Holy, holy, holy Lord ! 
 
 2 Holy, holy, holy ! thee 
 One Jehovah evermore, 
 
 Father, Son, and Spirit ! we, 
 
 Dust and ashes, would adore; 
 Lightly by the world esteemed, 
 From that world by thee redeemed, 
 Sing we here with glad accord, 
 Holy, holy, holy Lord ! 
 
 3 Holy, holy, holy ! all 
 
 Heaven's triumphant choir shall sing, 
 While the ransomed nations fall 
 At the footstool of their King : 
 . Then shall saints and seraphim, 
 Harps and voices, swell one hymn, 
 Blending in sublime accord, 
 Holy, holy, holy Lord ! 
 
 25 
 
 God our Refuge. 
 
 A mighty fortress is our God, 
 
 A bulwark never failing : 
 Our Helper he, amid the flood 
 
 Of mortal ills prevailing. 
 For still our ancient foe 
 Doth seek to work his woe ; 
 His craft and power are great, 
 And armed with cruel hate, 
 On earth is not his equal. 
 
FOR THE SUNDAY-SCHOOL. 23 
 
 2 Did we in our own strength confide, 
 Our striving would be losing ; 
 
 Were not the right man on our side, 
 The man of God's own choosing. 
 
 Dost ask who that may be ? 
 
 Christ Jesus, it is he; 
 
 Lord Sabaoth is his name, 
 
 From age to age the same, 
 And he must win the battle. 
 
 3 And though this world, with devils filled, 
 Should threaten to undo us ; 
 
 We will not fear, for God hath willed 
 His truth to triumph through us. 
 
 The prince of darkness grim, — 
 
 We tremble not for him ; 
 
 His rage we can endure, 
 
 For lo ! his doom is sure, — 
 One little word shall fell him ! 
 
 4 That word above all earthly powers — 
 Xo thanks to them — abideth ; 
 
 The Spirit and the gifts are ours 
 Through him who with us sideth. 
 
 Let goods and kindred go, 
 
 This mortal life also : 
 
 The body they may kill : 
 
 God's truth abideth still, 
 His kingdom is for ever. 
 
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 ^ ^ Redemption. 
 
 Praise the Lord in song! and with glad acclaim 
 
 Glorify him now and ever ; 
 Laud and honor be to his holy name, 
 
 For his mercy faileth never : 
 Let the white-robed host of the realms above 
 
 Strike their harps in adoration ; 
 While the choirs of earth to Redeeming Love 
 
 Give the praise of their salvation. 
 
 Cho. — Praise the Lord in song ! and with glad 
 acclaim 
 Glorify him now and ever; 
 Laud and honor be to his holy name, 
 For his mercy faileth never. 
 
 2 Hallelujahs swell from the old and young, 
 Little child and patriarch hoary; 
 
 And enraptured be every human tongue, 
 When we tell the old sweet story — 
 
 How the Saviour came from the heavenly throne 
 To a world in darkness lying ; 
 
 How he bore our sins on the cross alone, 
 To redeem our souls from dying. 
 
 3 Yet again in song be his name adored, 
 For the beams of life and healing 
 
 In the light that shines from the Holy Word, 
 All a Father's love revealing. 
 
FOR THE SUNDAY-SCHOOL. 25 
 
 Ere we reach the home of the pure and blest, 
 
 And the soul's eternal leisure, 
 If we come to Christ, he will give us rest, 
 
 And the peace that knows no measure. 
 
 97 
 
 u ■ " Beauty of Holiness." 
 
 Worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness; 
 
 Bow down before him, his glory proclaim ; 
 With gold of obedience, and incense of lowli- 
 ness, 
 
 Kneel, and adore him ; the Lord is his name! 
 
 2 Low at his feet lay thy burden of carefulness, 
 High on his heart he will bear it for thee ; 
 
 Comfort thy sorrows, and answer thy prayer- 
 fulness, 
 Guiding thy steps as may best for thee be. 
 
 3 Fear not to enter his courts in the slenderness 
 Of the poor wealth thou wouldst reckon as 
 
 thine ; 
 Truth in its beauty, and love in its tenderness, 
 These are the offerings to lay on his shrine. 
 
 4 These, though we bring them in trembling 
 
 and fearfulness, 
 He will accept for the Name that is dear; 
 Mornings of joy give for evenings of tearfulness, 
 Trust for our trembling, and hope for our fear. 
 
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 ^ C T'/fo Promise. 
 
 Hail to the brightness of Zion's glad morning ! 
 
 Joy to the lands that in darkness have lain ! 
 Hushed be the accents of sorrow and mourning; 
 
 Zion in triumph begins her mild reign. 
 
 2 Hail to the brightness of Zion's glad morning, 
 Long by the prophets of Israel foretold ; 
 
 Hail to the millions from bondage returning; 
 Gentile and Jew the blest vision behold. 
 
 3 Lo! in the desert rich flowers are springing, 
 Streams ever copious are gliding along; 
 
 Loud from the mountain-tops echoes are ring- 
 
 Wastes rise in verdure, and mingle in song. 
 
 4 See, from all lands, from the isles of the 
 
 ocean, 
 Praise to Jehovah ascending on high ; 
 Fallen the engines of war and commotion ; 
 Shouts of salvation are rending the sky. 
 
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 Glad Thanksgiving. 
 
 On our way rejoicing, 
 Homeward as we move, 
 
 Hearken to our praises, 
 O thou God of love ! 
 
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 Is there grief or sadness. 
 
 Firm our trust shall be ; 
 Is our sky beclouded, 
 
 Light shall come from thee. 
 
 Ref. — On our way rejoicing, 
 
 Homeward as we move, 
 Hearken to our praises, 
 O thou God of love. 
 
 2 If, with honest-hearted 
 Love for God and man, 
 
 Day by day thou find us 
 
 Doing what we can, 
 Thou, who givest seed-time, 
 
 Wilt give large increase, 
 Crown our heads with blessing, 
 
 Fill our hearts with peace. 
 
 3 Jesus Christ hath triumphed, 
 Vanquished is our foe ; 
 
 On our way rejoicing 
 
 Gladly let us go ! 
 Christ without — our safety; 
 
 Christ within — our joy; 
 Who, if we be faithful, 
 
 Can our hope destroy ? 
 
 4 Unto God the Father 
 Joyful songs we sing; 
 
 Unto God the Saviour 
 Thankful hearts we bring; 
 
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 Unto God the Spirit 
 
 Bow we and adore, 
 On our way rejoicing, 
 
 Now and evermore ! 
 
 ^ w Children's Praise. 
 
 In the early light of the morning bright 
 
 Lift the voice of praise on high ; 
 From the lips of youth to the God of truth 
 
 Let the joyful praises fly. 
 
 Cho. — Sing praises, glad praises, 
 Sing, children, sing; 
 Let your songs arise to the lofty skies, 
 And exult in God our King. 
 
 2 Let his praise be spread for the Lamb who bled 
 To deliver us from woe ; 
 
 He endured the cross, the disgrace, the loss ; — 
 Let his praises ever flow. 
 
 3 Now exalted high, o'er the earth and sky, 
 He delights in mercy still ; 
 
 Bends his gracious ear, our requests to hear, 
 And our longing souls to fill. 
 
 ^ x Benediction. 
 
 May the grace of Christ our Saviour, 
 And the Father's boundless love, 
 
 With the Holy Spirit's favor, 
 Rest upon us from above. 
 
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 2 Thus may we abide in union, 
 With each other and the Lord, 
 
 And possess, in sweet communion, 
 Joys which earth cannot afford. 
 
 Christ's Asce?ision. 
 
 Golden harps are sounding, 
 
 Angel voices ring, 
 Pearly gates are opened, 
 
 Opened for the King. 
 Christ, the King of glory, 
 
 Jesus, King of love, 
 Is gone up in triumph 
 
 To his throne above. 
 
 Cho. — All his work is ended, 
 Joyfully we sing; 
 Jesus hath ascended! 
 Glory to our King ! 
 
 2 He who came to save us, 
 He who bled and died, 
 
 Now is crowned with gladness 
 
 At his Father's side. 
 Never more to suffer, 
 
 Never more to die, 
 Jesus, King of glory, 
 
 Is gone up on high. 
 
 3 Praying for his children 
 In that blessed place, 
 
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 Calling them to glory, 
 Sending them his grace; 
 
 His bright home preparing, 
 Little ones, for you ; 
 
 Jesus ever liveth, 
 Ever loveth too. 
 
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 God's Holiness. 
 
 Lord, thy glory fills the heaven ; 
 
 Earth is with its fulness stored; 
 Unto thee be glory given, 
 
 Holy, holy, holy Lord ! 
 Heaven is still with anthems ringing; 
 
 Earth takes up the angels' cry, 
 Holy, holy, holy, singing, 
 
 Lord of hosts, thou Lord most high. 
 
 2 Ever thus in God's high praises, 
 Brethren, let our tongues unite, 
 
 While our thoughts his greatness raises, 
 And our love his gifts excite : 
 
 With his seraph train before him, 
 With his holy church below, 
 
 Thus unite we to adore him, 
 Bid we thus our anthem flow. 
 
 3 Lord, thy glory fills the heaven, 
 Earth is with its fulness stored ; 
 
 Unto thee be glory given, 
 Holy, holy, holy Lord ! 
 
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 Thus thy glorious name confessing, 
 
 We adopt the angels' cry, 
 Holy, holy. holy, blessing 
 
 Thee, the Lord our God most high ! 
 
 Praise to Jesus. 
 
 Let us sing, with one accord, 
 Praise to Jesus Christ our Lord; 
 He hath made us by his power, 
 He hath kept us to this hour. 
 
 Ref. — Sing ! sing ! sing ! 
 
 Oh, sing Jehovah's praises : 
 Sing! sing! 
 
 Sing Jehovah's praise ! 
 
 2 He redeems us from the grave, 
 He who died now lives to save; 
 Hearts and voices let us raise, 
 He is worthy whom we praise. 
 
 3 Angels praise him, so will we, 
 Sinful children though we be ; 
 
 Poor and weak, we '11 sing the more, 
 Jesus helps the weak and poor. 
 
 4 Dear to him is childhood's prayer, 
 Children's hearts to him are dear; 
 Hearts and voices let us raise, 
 
 He is worthy whom we praise. 
 
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 ^ ^ Dismissal. 
 
 Lord, dismiss us with thy blessing; 
 
 Bid us now depart in peace ; 
 Still on heavenly manna feeding, 
 
 Let our faith and love increase. 
 
 2 Fill each breast with consolation ; 
 
 Up to thee our hearts we raise; 
 When we reach our blissful station, 
 
 Then we '11 give thee nobler praise. 
 
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 Creation s Praise. 
 
 God is love ; that anthem olden 
 Sing the glorious orbs of light, 
 
 In their language glad and golden, 
 Telling to us day and night 
 
 Their great story, blessed story, 
 God is love, and God is might ! 
 
 2 And the teeming earth rejoices 
 In that message from above, 
 
 With ten thousand thousand voices 
 Telling back from hill and grove 
 
 Her glad story, glorious story, 
 God is might, and God is love ! 
 
 3 Through these anthems of creation, 
 Struggling up with gentle strife, 
 
 Christian songs of Christ's salvation 
 To the world with blessings rife, 
 
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 Tell their story, precious story, 
 God is love, and God is life ! 
 
 4 Up to him let each affection 
 Daily rise, and round him move; 
 
 Our whole lives one resurrection 
 To the life of life above j 
 
 Our glad story, wondrous story, 
 God is life, and God is love ! 
 
 God. our Father. 
 
 Lead us, heavenly Father, lead us, 
 
 O'er the world's tempestuous sea; 
 Guard us, guide us, keep us, feed us, 
 For we have no help but thee ; 
 Yet possessing 
 Every blessing 
 If our God our Father be. 
 
 2 Saviour, breathe forgiveness o'er us ; 
 All our weakness thou dost know ; 
 
 Thou didst tread this earth before us, 
 Thou didst feel its keenest woe ; 
 
 Lone and dreary, 
 
 Faint and weary. 
 Through the desert thou didst go. 
 
 3 Spirit of our God, descending, 
 Fill our hearts with heavenly joy; 
 
 Love with every passion blending, 
 Pleasure that can never cloy ; 
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 Thus provided, 
 Pardoned, guided, 
 Nothing can our peace destroy. 
 
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 A Full Heart. 
 
 1 came to Jesus poor and weak, 
 In faith my sins confessing, 
 
 And there before a throne of grace 
 I sought and found a blessing ; 
 
 And since that time, each golden hour 
 Some new delight is bringing : 
 
 My Saviour's love to me is great ! 
 I cannot keep from singing. 
 
 2 I feel a calm and constant peace, 
 All earthly joy excelling : 
 
 I know the temple of my heart 
 Is now the Spirit's dwelling ; 
 
 And while away to Pisgah's top 
 
 My thoughts their flight are winging, 
 
 Such visions burst upon my sight, 
 I cannot keep from singing. 
 
 3 Oh, precious healing stream that flows 
 From Christ, the living fountain ! 
 
 Oh, blessed radiance from the cross, 
 The cross on Calvary's mountain ! 
 
 I fancy I can almost hear 
 The angel chorus ringing \ 
 
 Oh, hallelujah ! praise the Lord ! 
 I cannot keep from singing. 
 
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 God is Love f 
 
 God is love ! ye nations, hear him ; 
 God is love ! adore, revere him ; 
 God is love ! ye need not fear him ; 
 
 His is tenderest love. 
 God is love ! and he is holy ; 
 Never false, he loveth truly ; 
 Loveth all, the high and lowly, 
 
 With his yearning love. 
 
 2 God is love ! the breezes bring it ; 
 God is love ! the bell-tones ring it ; 
 God is love! the song-birds sing it; 
 
 God is perfect love. 
 And the ocean as it foameth ; 
 And the wild wind as it moaneth ; 
 And each season when it cometh, 
 
 Tells us God is love. 
 
 3 Every passing breath of even, 
 Every object under heaven, 
 
 All the story he hath given, 
 
 Whispers " God is love ! " 
 Though the aching heart is sighing, 
 Though life's dearest hopes are dying, 
 There 's an undertone replying — 
 
 " God is lasting love." 
 
 4 Yes, the clouds that float through ether, 
 And the stars that shine for ever, 
 
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 Ev'n the frost-chain and the fever, 
 
 Tell us " God is love." 
 Can we, then, crush each desire, 
 Bathed in holy, heavenly fire, 
 Ever reaching high and higher, 
 To that God of love ? 
 
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 Christ's Kingdom. 
 
 Hail to the Lord's Anointed, 
 
 Great David's greater Son ! 
 Hail, in the time appointed, 
 
 His reign on earth begun ! 
 He comes to break oppression, 
 
 To set the captive free ; 
 To take away transgression, 
 
 And rule in equity. 
 
 2 He comes with succor speedy 
 To those who suffer wrong ; 
 
 To help the poor and needy, 
 And bid the weak be strong; 
 
 To give them songs for sighing, 
 Their darkness turn to light, 
 
 Whose souls, condemned and dying, 
 Were precious in his sight. 
 
 3 He shall descend like showers 
 Upon the fruitful earth, 
 
 And love and joy, like flowers, 
 Spring in his path to birth : 
 
 Before him, on the mountains, 
 Shall peace, the herald, go, 
 
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 And righteousness, in fountains, 
 From hill to valley flow. 
 
 4 To him shall prayer unceasing, 
 
 And daily vows ascend ; 
 His kingdom still increasing, 
 
 A kingdom without end : 
 The tide of time shall never 
 
 His covenant remove ; 
 His name shall stand for ever: 
 
 That name to us is Love. 
 
 The Trinity. 
 
 We give immortal praise 
 
 For God the Father's love, 
 For all our comforts here, 
 
 And better hopes above : 
 He sent his own eternal Son 
 To die for sins that we had done. 
 
 2 To God the Son belongs 
 Immortal glory too, 
 
 Who bought us with his blood 
 
 From everlasting woe : 
 And now he lives, and now he reigns, 
 And sees the fruit of all his pains. 
 
 3 To God the Spirit's name 
 Immortal worship give, 
 
 Whose new-creating power 
 Makes the dead sinner live: 
 
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 His work completes the great design, 
 And fills the soul with joy divine. 
 
 4 Almighty God ! to thee 
 
 Be endless honors done, 
 The undivided Three, 
 
 The great and glorious One : 
 Where reason fails, with all her powers, 
 There faith prevails and love adores. 
 
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 Love. 
 
 Oh, for a shout of joy, 
 
 Worthy the theme we sing ; 
 To this divine employ 
 
 Our hearts and voices bring. 
 Sound, sound, through all the earth abroad, 
 The love, the eternal love of God. 
 
 2 Unnumbered myriads stand, 
 Of seraphs bright and fair, 
 
 Or bow at thy right hand, 
 
 And pay their homage there ; 
 But strive in vain, with loudest chord, 
 To sound thy wondrous love, O Lord. 
 
 3 Yet sinners saved by grace, 
 In songs of lower key, 
 
 In every age and place, 
 
 Have sung the mystery, — 
 Have told in strains of sweet accord 
 Thy love, thy sovereign love, O Lord. 
 
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 4 Though earth and hell assail, 
 
 And doubts and fears arise, 
 The weakest shall prevail, 
 
 And grasp the heavenly prize, 
 And through an endless age record 
 Thy love, thy changeless love, O Lord. 
 
 Closing Benediction. 
 
 Now may he who from the dead 
 Brought the Shepherd of the sheep, 
 
 Jesus Christ, our King and Head, 
 All our souls in safety keep. 
 
 2 May he teach us to fulfil 
 What is pleasing in his sight ; 
 
 Perfect us in all his will, 
 
 And preserve us day and night. 
 
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 Universal Adoration. 
 
 Angels holy, high and lowly, 
 
 Sing the praises of the Lord ! 
 Earth and sky, all living nature, 
 Man, the stamp of thy Creator, 
 
 Praise ye, praise ye God the Lord! 
 
 2 Sun and moon, bright night and moonlight, 
 
 Starry temples, azure-floored; 
 Cloud and rain, and wild wind's madness, 
 Sons of God that shout for gladness, 
 
 Praise ye, praise ye God the Lord ! 
 
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 3 Rolling river, praise him ever, 
 From the mountains' deep vein poured; 
 
 Silver fountain, clearly gushing, 
 Troubled torrent, wildly rushing, 
 Praise ye, praise ye God the Lord ! 
 
 4 Praise him ever, bounteous Giver, 
 Praise him, Father, Friend, and Lord ! 
 
 Each glad soul its free course winging, 
 Each glad voice its free song singing, 
 Praise the great and mighty Lord ! 
 
 ~ *J Even lug Hy mn . 
 
 God that madest earth and heaven, 
 
 Darkness and light; 
 Who the day for toil hast given, 
 
 For rest the night ; 
 May thine angel-guards defend us ; 
 Slumber sweet thy mercy send us ; 
 Holy dreams and hopes attend us, 
 
 This livelong night. 
 
 2 Guard us waking, guard us sleeping; 
 
 And when we die, 
 May we in thy mighty keeping 
 
 All peaceful lie. 
 When the last dread trump shall wake us, 
 Do not thou, our God, forsake us, 
 But to reign in glory take us 
 
 With thee on high. 
 
 
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 rr XJ My Sheep hear 7ny Voice. 
 
 And Jesus said — My sheep hear my voice, 
 hear my voice, and I know them, and they 
 follow me, they follow, follow me — my sheep 
 hear my voice, hear my voice and I know 
 them ; They follow me, and I give unto 
 them eternal life. 
 
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 The Unseen God. 
 
 Dread Majesty above! 
 
 Of prayer none else is worthy: 
 The angels near thy throne, 
 
 With reverence bow before thee : 
 In love and humble faith 
 
 Make thou our souls sincere, 
 That we may seek thy face 
 
 With thanks and holy fear. 
 
 2 Thou art the highest good, 
 To every ill a stranger; 
 
 Thy bliss, complete in thee, 
 Of change can fear no danger ; 
 
 All glory too is thine ; 
 
 Xor creatures great or small 
 
 Thy glory can increase, 
 Great Maker, Lord of all! 
 
 3 What we, immortal King! 
 Are of thy nature knowing, 
 
 Thou hast thyself revealed, 
 
 Thy works and counsel showing : 
 
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 Creation speaks thy power — 
 More clearly still, thy Son 
 
 Displays thy wondrous grace, 
 And makes the Godhead known. 
 
 4 Yet what we learn of thee 
 
 With shadows here is shrouded ; 
 But soon we hope for light 
 
 And vision all unclouded, 
 When we to God shall come, 
 
 No shade or vail between ; 
 And there his glory see, 
 
 As we ourselves are seen. 
 
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 Communion in Love. 
 
 Hail, happy day! thou day of holy rest! 
 What heavenly peace and transport fill our breast 
 When Christ, the God of grace, in love descends, 
 And kindly holds communion with his friends. 
 
 2 Let earth and all its vanities be gone, 
 Move from my sight, and leave my soul alone; 
 Its flattering, fading glories I despise, 
 
 And to immortal beauties turn my eyes. 
 
 3 Fain would I mount and penetrate the skies, 
 And on my Saviour's glories fix my eyes : 
 
 Oh, meet my rising soul, thou God of love, 
 And waft it to the blissful realms above ! 
 
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 4 J The Lord's Prayer. 
 
 i Our Father, who art in heaven, | hallowed i 
 be thy | name; || thy kingdom come, thy 
 will be done on | earth, as it | is in | 
 heaven ; 
 
 2 Give us this | day our | daily | bread; || and 
 
 forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive | 
 them that | trespass a- | gainst us. 
 
 3 And lead us not into temptation, but de- | 
 
 liver | us from | evil; || for thine is the 
 kingdom, and the power, and the | glory, 
 for | ever. A- | men. 
 
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 The Mercy- Seat. 
 
 From every stormy wind that blows, 
 From every swelling tide of woes, 
 There is a calm, a sure retreat ; — 
 'T is found beneath the mercy-seat 
 
 2 There is a place where Jesus sheds 
 The oil of gladness on our heads, — 
 A place than all besides more sweet ; 
 It is the blood-bought mercy-seat. 
 
 3 There is a scene where spirits blend, 
 Where friend holds fellowship with friend: 
 Though sundered far, by faith they meet 
 Around one common mercy-seat. 
 
 4 There, there, on eagle wings we soar, 
 And sense and sin molest no more, 
 
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 And heaven comes down our souls to greet, 
 And glory crowns the mercy-seat ! 
 
 5 Oh, let my hand forget her skill, 
 My tongue be silent, cold, and still, 
 This bounding heart forget to beat, 
 If I forget the mercy-seat ! 
 
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 Longing for God. 
 
 Lord of earth ! thy forming hand 
 
 Well this beauteous frame hath planned; 
 
 Woods that wave and hills that tower, 
 
 Ocean rolling in his power, 
 
 All that strikes the gaze unsought, 
 
 All that charms the lonely thought : 
 
 Yet, amid this scene so fair, 
 
 Should I cease thy smile to share, 
 
 What were all its joys to me ? 
 
 Whom have I on earth but thee ? 
 
 2 Lord of heaven ! beyond our sight 
 Shines a world of purer light ; 
 There in love's unclouded reign 
 Parted hands shall meet again, 
 While immortal music rings 
 From unnumbered seraph-strings : 
 Oh, that world is passing fair ! 
 Yet, if thou wert absent there, 
 What were all its joys to me ? 
 Whom have I in heaven but thee ? 
 
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 3 Lord of earth and heaven, my breast 
 Seeks in thee its only rest ; 
 I was lost ; thy accents mild 
 Homeward lured thy wandering child : 
 Source of every joy I know, 
 Solace of my every woe ! 
 Oh, if once thy smile divine 
 Ceased upon my soul to shine, 
 "What were earth or heaven to me ? 
 Whom have I in each but thee ? 
 
 King of Kings. 
 
 Our Lord is God for ever ; 
 
 Exalt him King of kings ! 
 His mercy faileth never, 
 
 My soul exultant sings. 
 His love no good denieth, 
 
 He knows my feeble frame, 
 And every need supplieth ; 
 
 Thrice holy is his name. 
 
 Ref. — Our Lord is God, 
 
 For ever and for ever, 
 
 Our Lord is God for ever ; 
 Exalt him King of kings; 
 
 Exalt him, exalt him, 
 
 Exalt him King of kings. 
 
 2 In bitterest temptations 
 He doth my strength renew; 
 
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 His tender consolations 
 Are neither small nor few. 
 
 Though trials overtake me, 
 And duties seem severe, 
 
 My Lord shall not forsake me, 
 My soul shall never fear. 
 
 3 Round thee my life is twining ; 
 • My only stay thou art ; 
 Upon thy strength reclining 
 
 I draw me near thy heart. 
 Oh, show me thy salvation, 
 
 And tell me thou art mine; 
 And in thy new creation 
 
 Make me for ever thine ! 
 
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 The Living- Word. 
 
 Break thou the bread of life, 
 
 Dear Lord, to me ; 
 As thou didst break the loaves 
 
 Beside the sea; 
 Beyond the sacred page 
 
 I seek thee, Lord ; 
 My spirit pants for thee, 
 
 O living Word ! 
 
 2 Bless thou the truth, dear Lord, 
 
 To me — to me — 
 As thou didst bless the bread 
 
 By Galilee ; 
 
 
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 Then shall all bondage cease, 
 
 All fetters fall ; 
 And I shall find my peace, 
 
 My All-in-All. 
 
 Cant, i : 7. 
 
 Tell me, whom my soul doth love, 
 
 Where thy flock are feeding; 
 Where the pastures which they rove — 
 
 Thou their footsteps leading ? 
 
 2 Tell me, sheltered from the heat, 
 Where at noon they rest them ; 
 
 Where at night their safe retreat, — 
 Fold, where none molest them ? 
 
 3 Strong is thy protecting arm ; 
 Richly thou providest ; 
 
 Feeding, resting, — kept from harm, — 
 Blest the flock thou guidest. 
 
 4 Noon and night be my defence ; 
 Let no foe ensnare me ; 
 
 Bring me to the Shepherd's tents — 
 In thy bosom bear me 
 
 The World's Light. 
 
 A glory gilds the sacred page, 
 
 Majestic like the sun ; 
 It gives a light to every age; — 
 
 It gives, but borrows none. 
 
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 2 The hand that gave it still supplies 
 The gracious light and heat ; 
 
 Its truths upon the nations rise — 
 They rise, but never set. 
 
 3 Let everlasting thanks be thine, 
 For such a bright display- 
 As makes a world of darkness shine 
 
 With beams of heavenly day. 
 
 4 My soul rejoices to pursue 
 The steps of him I love, 
 
 Till glory breaks upon my view, 
 In brighter worlds above. 
 
 ^^ Psalm rig. 
 
 How shall the young secure their hearts, 
 And guard their lives from sin ? 
 
 Thy word the choicest rules imparts 
 To keep the conscience clean. 
 
 2 When once it enters to the mind, 
 It spreads such light abroad, 
 
 The meanest souls instruction find, 
 And raise their thoughts to God. 
 
 3 'T is like the sun, a heavenly light, 
 That guides us all the day ; 
 
 And, through the dangers of the night, 
 A lamp to lead our way. 
 
 4 Thy word is everlasting truth ; 
 How pure is every page ! 
 
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 That holy book shall guide our youth, 
 And well support our age. 
 
 Psalm ug. 
 
 How precious is the book divine, 
 
 By inspiration given ! 
 Bright as a lamp its doctrines shine, 
 
 To guide our souls to heaven. 
 
 2 O'er all the strait and narrow way 
 Its radiant beams are cast ; 
 
 A light whose never weary ray 
 Grows brightest at the last. 
 
 3 It sweetly cheers our drooping hearts 
 In this dark vale of tears ; 
 
 Life, light, and joy it still imparts, 
 And quells our rising fears. 
 
 4 This lamp, through all the tedious night 
 Of life, shall guide our way, 
 
 Till we behold the clearer light 
 Of an eternal day. 
 
 "And be Glorified" 
 
 Upon the Gospel's sacred page 
 The gathered beams of ages shine; 
 
 And, as it hastens, every age 
 
 But makes its brightness more divine. 
 
 2 On mightier wing, in loftier flight, 
 From year to year does knowledge soar; 
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 And, as it soars, the Gospel light 
 Becomes effulgent more and more. 
 
 3 More glorious still, as centuries roll, 
 New regions blest, new powers unfurled, 
 
 Expanding with the expanding soul, 
 Its radiance shall o'erflow the world, — 
 
 4 Flow to restore, but not destroy ; 
 As when the cloudless lamp of day 
 
 Pours out its floods of light and joy, 
 And sweeps the lingering mist away. 
 
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 The Holy Scripture. 
 
 Holy Bible, book divine ; 
 Precious treasure, thou art mine ; 
 Mine, to tell me whence I came ; 
 Mine, to teach me what I am. 
 
 2 Mine, to chide me when I rove ; 
 Mine, to show a Saviour's love ; 
 Mine art thou to guide my feet, 
 Mine, to judge, condemn, acquit. 
 
 3 Mine, to comfort in distress, 
 If the Holy Spirit bless ; 
 Mine, to show by living faith 
 Man can triumph over death. 
 
 4 Mine, to tell of joys to come, 
 And the rebel sinner's doom ; 
 H©ly Bible, book divine, 
 Precious treasure, thou art mine. 
 
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 The Church's Gift. 
 
 O word of God incarnate, 
 
 O Wisdom from on high, 
 O Truth unchanged, unchanging, 
 
 O Light of our dark sky ! 
 We praise thee for the radiance 
 
 That from the hallowed page, 
 A lantern to our footsteps, 
 
 Shines on from age to age. 
 
 2 The Church from her dear Master 
 Received the gift divine, 
 
 And still that light she lifteth 
 
 O'er all the earth to shine. 
 It is the golden casket 
 
 Where gems of truth are stored ; 
 It is the heaven -drawn picture 
 
 Of Christ, the living Word. 
 
 3 Oh, make thy Church, dear Saviour, 
 A lamp of burnished gold, 
 
 To bear before the nations 
 
 Thy true light as of old ; 
 Oh, teach thy wandering pilgrims 
 
 By this their path to trace, 
 Till, clouds and darkness ended, 
 
 They see thee face to face. 
 
 Psalm ig. 
 
 The heavens declare his glory, 
 Their Maker's skill the skies ; 
 
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 Each day repeats the story, 
 And night to night replies. 
 
 Their silent proclamation 
 
 Throughout the earth is heard; 
 
 The record of creation, 
 
 The page of nature's word. 
 
 2 So pure, so soul-restoring, 
 Is truth's diviner ray ; 
 
 A brighter radiance pouring 
 Than all the pomp of day : 
 
 The wanderer surely guiding, 
 It makes the simple wise ; 
 
 And, evermore abiding, 
 Unfailing joy supplies. 
 
 3 Thy word is richer treasure 
 Than lurks within the mine ; 
 
 And daintiest fare less pleasure 
 Yields than this food divine. 
 
 How wise each kind monition ! 
 Led by thy counsels, Lord, 
 
 How safe the saints' condition, 
 How £reat is their reward ! 
 
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 The Saviour in the Word. 
 
 Ever would I fain be reading, 
 In the ancient holy book, 
 
 Of my Saviour's gentle pleading, 
 Truth in every word and look. 
 
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 How when children came he blessed them, 
 
 Suffered no man to reprove ; 
 Took them in his arms and pressed them 
 
 To his heart with words of love. 
 
 2 Still I read the ancient story, 
 
 And my joy is ever new ; 
 How for us he left his glory, 
 
 How he still is kind and true. 
 Let me kneel, my Lord ! before thee, 
 
 Let my heart in tears o'errlow, 
 Melted by thy love, adore thee, 
 
 Blest in thee 'mid joy or woe. 
 
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 " Only little ones." 
 
 God of heaven ! hear our singing : 
 
 Only little ones are we, 
 Yet, a great petition bringing, 
 
 Father, now we come to thee : 
 Let thy kingdom come, we pray thee ! 
 
 Let the world in thee find rest : 
 Let all know thee and obey thee — 
 
 Loving, praising, blessing, blest ! 
 
 2 Let the sweet and joyful story 
 Of the Saviour's wondrous love, 
 
 Wake on earth a song of glory, 
 Like the angels' song above. 
 
 Father, send the glorious hour, 
 Every heart be thine alone ! 
 
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 For the kingdom and the power 
 And the glory, are thine own ! 
 
 *** The Word of God. 
 
 How sweet is the Bible ! how pure is the light 
 
 That streams from its pages divine ! 
 T is a star that shines soft through the gloom 
 of the night, — 
 
 Of jewels a wonderful mine. 
 'T is bread for the hungry, 't is food for the poor, 
 
 A balm for the wounded and sad, — 
 'T is the gift of a Father — his likeness is there, 
 
 And the hearts of his children are glad. 
 
 Ref.— The Bible, the Bible, the Bible ! 
 
 More precious than silver and gold. 
 
 2 'T is the voice of the Saviour — how sweet in 
 the storm ! 
 It speaks to the sinner distressed — 
 The tempest is hushed ! o'er the sea comes a 
 calm — 
 The troubled and weary find rest. 
 Oh, teach me, blest Jesus, to seek for thy face, 
 
 To me let thy welcome be given ; 
 Now speak to my heart some kind message of 
 grace, 
 And words that shall guide me to heaven. 
 
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 Wonderful Book. 
 
 Book of grace, and book of glory ! 
 
 Gift of God to age and youth, 
 Wondrous is thy sacred story, 
 
 Bright, bright with truth. 
 
 2 Book of love ! in accents tender 
 Speaking unto such as we; 
 
 May it lead us, Lord, to render 
 All, all to thee. 
 
 3 Book of hope ! the spirit, sighing, 
 Sweetest comfort finds in thee, 
 
 As it hears the Saviour crying, 
 " Come, come to me ! " 
 
 4 Book of life! when we, reposing, 
 Bid farewell to friends we love, 
 
 Give us, for the life then closing, 
 Life, life above. 
 
 Christ Lead'nig. 
 
 Gracious Saviour, gentle Shepherd, 
 Little ones are dear to thee ; 
 
 Gathered with thine arms, and carried 
 In thy bosom, may we be. 
 
 2 Tender Shepherd, never leave us 
 From thy fold to go astray; 
 
 By thy look of love directed, 
 May we walk the narrow way. 
 
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 3 Taught to lisp the holy praises 
 Which on earth thy children sing, 
 
 May we with thy saints in glory 
 Join to praise our Lord and King. 
 
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 The Living Word. 
 
 Saviour, on this little band, 
 Gathered here to learn of thee, 
 
 Now in blessing lay thy hand ; 
 Touch our eyes that we may see, 
 
 Shining through thy Holy Word, 
 
 Light and life from thee, O Lord ! 
 
 2 From the bounty of thy store 
 Daily may our souls be fed; 
 
 Lest we hunger, evermore 
 
 Give us of the heavenly bread ; 
 May our souls be strong, O Lord ! 
 With the manna of thy word. 
 
 3 With the water of thy love 
 Now our earthen pitchers fill, 
 
 Flowing from thy throne above, 
 
 Free to " whosoever will " ; 
 From this fountain of thy word 
 We would drink and live, O Lord ! 
 
 4 All our blessings come from thee, 
 Christ, the Living Word from heaven! 
 
 All our powers to do or be 
 To thy service shall be given : 
 
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 May thy presence with us still 
 Make us wise to learn thy will. 
 
 The Narrow Way. 
 
 Lord, thy children guide and keep, 
 As with feeble steps they press 
 
 On the pathway, rough and steep, 
 Through this weary wilderness : 
 
 Holy Jesus ! day by day 
 
 Lead us in the narrow way. 
 
 2 There are sandy wastes that lie 
 Cold and sunless, vast and drear, 
 
 Where the feeble faint and die; 
 Grant us grace to persevere: 
 Holy Jesus ! day by day 
 Lead us in the narrow way. 
 
 3 There are soft and flowery glades, 
 Decked with golden-fruited trees — 
 
 Sunny slopes, and scented shades ; 
 
 Keep us, Lord, from slothful ease : 
 Holy Jesus! day by day 
 Lead us in the narrow way. 
 
 4 Upward still to purer heights, 
 Onward yet to scenes more blest, 
 
 Calmer regions, clearer lights, 
 
 Till we reach the promised rest : 
 Holy Jesus ! day by day, 
 Lead us in the narrow way. 
 
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 ^^ Coming with sheaves. 
 
 Heavknly Father, grant us grace 
 
 Our Master's will to know ; 
 The field is ripening now apace, 
 
 The harvest soon will glow: 
 Let sunshine over the furrows fall, 
 
 With plentiful showers of rain ; 
 And help us to hope for the angels' call 
 
 To gather sheaves of grain. 
 
 Cho. — Christ is the Lord ! his faithful word 
 
 Shall golden harvest bring ; 
 And they who have toiled here early and late 
 Shall never fail at the lifted gate, 
 
 But enter with their King ! 
 
 2 Glorious greetings wait the blest, 
 
 Who heed the Lord's command; 
 The servants share in the Master's rest, 
 
 And stand at his right hand ; 
 For God hath spoken it long ago — 
 
 What every true heart believes — 
 That they who with weeping go forth to sow 
 
 Shall come again with sheaves. 
 
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 Work and Pray. 
 
 Sow thy seed and never fear, 
 
 Never fear, never fear ! 
 Though the prospect may be drear, 
 
 Never, never fear! 
 
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 Falter not through unbelief — 
 First the blade, and then the leaf; 
 After that, the ripened sheaf — 
 Never, never fear. 
 
 2 Labor on through cold and heat, 
 Labor on, labor on ! 
 
 Though with weary hands and feet, 
 
 Labor, labor on ! 
 Life is brief, the field is wide ; 
 Rest will come at eventide ; 
 Jesus watcheth at thy side, 
 
 Labor, labor on ! 
 
 3 Still with patient trust and care 
 Work and pray, work and pray ! 
 
 Let the Master tell thee where, 
 
 Work, and trust, and pray ! 
 He will guide thee with his eye ; 
 Not a seed of truth can die; 
 Sure of harvest by and by, 
 
 Work, oh, work to-day ! 
 
 Work and Trust. 
 
 Is thy pathway often drear ? 
 
 Trust the Lord, trust the Lord ! 
 His right hand is ever near, 
 
 Though thy sight be dim ; 
 What though dangers round thee press — 
 Friends desert and foes distress ? 
 
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 Never doubt his lovingness; 
 Leave thy way with him. 
 
 2 When with fear thy spirit quakes, 
 Trust the Lord, trust the Lord ! 
 
 Jesus knows the way he takes, 
 
 Walk with him by faith : 
 Clinging to his mighty arm, 
 Let no foe thy soul alarm, 
 He will keep thee safe from harm, 
 Constant unto death. 
 
 3 Then go singing on thy way, 
 Trust the Lord, trust the Lord ! 
 
 He will turn thy night to day — 
 
 Every sorrow share ; 
 Grace for every need is stored 
 By the promise of his word ; 
 " Cast thy burden on the Lord " ; 
 
 None can perish there! 
 
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 Grateful Praise. 
 
 We bring no glittering treasures., 
 
 No gems from earth's deep mine ; 
 We come, with simple measures, 
 
 To chant thy love divine. 
 Children, thy favors sharing, 
 
 Their voice of thanks would raise ; 
 Father, accept our offering, 
 
 Our song of grateful praise. 
 
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 2 The dearest gift of heaven. 
 Love's written word of truth, 
 
 To us is early given, 
 
 To guide our steps in youth ; 
 
 We hear the wondrous story, 
 The tale of Calvary ; 
 
 We read of homes in glory, 
 From sin and sorrow free. 
 
 3 Redeemer, grant thy blessing ! 
 Oh, teach us how to pray, 
 
 That each, thy fear possessing, 
 May tread life's onward way : 
 
 Then, where the pure are dwelling, 
 We hope to meet again, 
 
 And, sweeter numbers swelling, 
 For ever praise thy name. 
 
 ■ ° We March to Victory. 
 
 Semi-Cho. — We march, we march to victory 
 With the cross of the Lord before us, 
 
 With his loving eye looking down from the sky, 
 And his holy arm spread o'er us, 
 His holy arm spread o'er us. 
 
 i We come in the might of the Lord of light, 
 With armor bright to meet him ; 
 
 And we put to flight the armies of night 
 That the sons of the day may greet him, 
 The sons of the day may greet him. 
 
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 Cho. — We march, we march to victory, 
 With the cross of the Lord before us, 
 
 With his loving eye looking down from the sky, 
 And his holy arm spread o'er us, 
 His holy arm spread o'er us. 
 
 2 Our sword is the Spirit of God on high, 
 Our helmet his salvation ; 
 
 Our banner the cross of Calvary, 
 Our watchword — the incarnation, 
 Our watchword — the incarnation. 
 
 3 And the choir of angels with song awaits 
 Our march to the golden Zion ; 
 
 For our Captain has broken the brazen gates, 
 And burst the bars of iron, 
 And burst the bars of iron. 
 
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 Traveling to the better land, 
 O'er the desert's scorching sand, 
 Father ! let me grasp thy hand ; 
 Lead me on, lead me on ! 
 
 2 When at Marah, parched with heat, 
 I the sparkling fountain greet, 
 
 Make the bitter water sweet ; 
 Lead me on ! 
 
 3 When the wilderness is drear, 
 Show me Elim's palm-grove near, 
 And her wells, as crystal clear : 
 
 Lead me on ! 
 
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 4 Through the water, through the fire, 
 Never let me fall or tire — 
 
 Every step brings Canaan nigher : 
 Lead me on ! 
 
 5 Bid me stand on Nebo's height, 
 Gaze upon the land of light, 
 Then, transported with the sight, 
 
 Lead me on ! 
 
 6 When I stand on Jordan's brink 
 Never let me fear nor shrink; 
 Hold me, Father, lest I sink : 
 
 Lead me on ! 
 
 7 When the victory is won, 
 And eternal life begun, 
 
 Up to glory lead me on ! 
 Lead me on, lead on ! 
 
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 Sow the Seed. 
 
 Sow the seed, and wait with patience ; 
 
 Leave it in the Father's care : 
 Dew he giveth. rain he sendeth, 
 
 Cooling breeze, and sunlit air ; 
 O'er the tiny seed he watcheth, 
 
 From the germ to fruitage fair. 
 
 2 Who can know the wondrous working- 
 Who but God who drew the plan — 
 
 Ere the dry and withered seedlet, 
 Bursting forth to view of man, 
 
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 Shows at length its hidden glory, 
 Cheers us by its life's short span ? 
 
 3 Ah ! we know not, yet God knoweth ; 
 Wisely hath he planned it all ; 
 
 Sow the seed, then wait with patience 
 Till God's rain and sunshine fall ; 
 
 Springing forth but at his bidding, 
 It shall surely hear his call. 
 
 4 Sow the seed then, Christian worker, 
 Be not weary-hearted grown, 
 
 Leave it with thy Lord ; he knoweth 
 Every pang that thou hast known ; 
 
 Sow the seed; thy Father watcheth 
 O'er the seed that thou hast sown. 
 
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 1 ' Faint, yet Pursuing. 
 
 Lord, in whose eternal counsels 
 Past and future are as one, 
 
 With thy grace and thy protection 
 Bless thy work in us begun ; 
 
 By our hands maintain thy conflict, 
 Till the victory be won. 
 
 2 With thy glory for our watchword, 
 And our confidence in thee, 
 
 In thy might our weakness prospered'; 
 Faint, yet not distressed are we ; 
 
 Still in hope, by faithful warfare, 
 Thy co-heirs of joy to be. 
 
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 3 Great thy work for us already, 
 Lord, wherein we now rejoice : 
 
 Oh, with thy sure help for ever 
 Bless the people of thy choice ! 
 
 Make us follow where thou goest, 
 Faithful to our Shepherd's voice. 
 
 4 So to thee, O loving Father ! 
 So to thee, incarnate Son ! 
 
 So to thee, creator Spirit ! 
 
 Ever Three and ever One — 
 Be the glory of the wonders 
 
 Which thy hand alone hath done ! 
 
 * ' The Order for Advance. 
 
 Pass the word along the line : 
 
 Tell it, friend to friend : 
 Christ our Captain goes before, 
 
 Leads us to the end : — 
 He who all the danger knows, 
 All the strength of all our foes, 
 
 Christ our Lord and Friend ! 
 
 —Forward, then, where Jesus leads ! 
 Full of hope and cheer. 
 Bear the standard of the cross ! 
 Who shall faint or fear ? 
 
 2 He who goes where Jesus leads, 
 
 Never goes astray; 
 He who Jesus' order heeds, 
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 Always gains the day ; 
 He who falters not shall be 
 Led to glorious victory, 
 
 By a glorious way ! 
 
 3 Pass the word along the line : 
 
 Lo ! the promised land 
 Ye shall enter and possess, 
 
 By his mighty hand : 
 Courage, then ! ye must not fail ; 
 Strongest foes cannot prevail ; 
 
 Jesus has command ! 
 
 • ® Redeem, the Time. 
 
 Death worketh — let me work too ; 
 Death undoeth — let me do ! 
 Busy as death, my work I ply, 
 Till I rest in the rest of eternity. 
 
 2 Time worketh — let me work too ; 
 Time undoeth — let me do ! 
 
 Busy as time, my work I ply, 
 Till I rest in the rest of eternity. 
 
 3 Sin worketh — let me work too ; 
 Sin undoeth — let me do ! 
 
 Busy as sin, my work I ply, 
 Till I rest in the rest of eternity. 
 
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 • *J The Lord is King. 
 
 Tell it out among the heathen that the Lord 
 is King ! 
 Tell it out ! Tell it out ! 
 
 
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 Tell it out among the nations ; bid them shout 
 
 and sing ! 
 Tell it out ! Tell it out ! 
 Tell it out with adoration that he shall increase, 
 That the mighty King of Glory is the King of 
 
 Peace ; 
 Tell it out with jubilation, though the waves 
 
 may roar, 
 That he sitteth on the water-floods, our King 
 
 for evermore ! 
 
 Cho. — Tell it out among the heathen that 
 
 the Lord is King ! 
 
 Tell it out : Tell it out ! 
 
 Tell it out among the nations ; bid 
 
 them shout and sing ! 
 
 Tell it out ! Tell it out T 
 
 2 Tell it out among the heathen that the Sav- 
 iour reigns ! 
 Tell it out ! Tell it out ! 
 
 Tell it out among the nations, bid them burst 
 their chains ! 
 Tell it out ! Tell it out ! 
 
 Tell it out among the weeping ones that Jesus 
 lives \ 
 
 Tell it out among the weary ones what rest he 
 gives; 
 
 Tell it out among the sinners that he came to 
 save ; 
 
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 Tell it out among the dying that he triumphed 
 o'er the grave. 
 
 3 Tell it out among the heathen, Jesus reigns 
 
 above ! 
 Tell it out ! Tell it out ! 
 Tell it out among the nations that his reign is 
 
 love! 
 Tell it out ! Tell it out ! 
 Tell it out among the highways and the lanes 
 
 at home; 
 Let it ring across the mountains and the ocean 
 
 foam; 
 Like the sound of many waters let our glad 
 
 shout be, 
 Till it echo and re-echo from the islands of the 
 
 sea. 
 
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 Earnest Calls. 
 
 Hark ! 't is the watchman's cry, 
 " Wake, brethren, wake ! " 
 
 Jesus himself is nigh, 
 Wake, brethren, wake ! 
 
 Sleep is for sons of night ; 
 
 Ye are children of the light ; 
 
 Yours is the glory bright; 
 Wake, brethren, wake! 
 
 2 Call to each wakening band, 
 Watch, brethren, watch ! 
 
 
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 Clear is our Lord's command, 
 
 Watch, brethren, watch ! 
 Be ye as men that wait 
 Always at their Master's gate, 
 Ev'n though he tarry late ; 
 
 Watch, brethren, watch i 
 
 3 Heed we the steward's call, 
 " Work, brethren, work ! " 
 
 There 's room enough for all, 
 
 Work, brethren, work ! 
 This vineyard of the Lord 
 Constant labor will afford ; 
 He will your work reward ; 
 
 Work, brethren, work ! 
 
 4 Sound now the final chord ! 
 Praise, brethren, praise ! 
 
 Thrice holy is the Lord ; 
 
 Praise, brethren, praise ! 
 What more befits the tongues 
 Soon to lead the angels' songs, 
 While heaven the note prolongs ? 
 
 Praise, brethren, praise ! 
 
 Psalm 126: 6. 
 
 He that goeth forth with weeping, 
 Bearing precious seed in love, 
 
 Never tiring, never sleeping, 
 Findeth mercy from above. 
 
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 Soft descend the dews of heaven, 
 Bright the rays celestial shine ; 
 
 Precious fruits will thus be given, 
 Through an influence all divine. 
 
 2 Sow thy seed, be never weary, 
 
 Let no fears thy soul annoy; 
 Be the prospect ne'er so dreary, 
 
 Thou shalt reap the fruits of joy. 
 Lo, the scene of verdure brightening ! 
 
 See the rising grain appear ; 
 Look again ! the fields are whitening, 
 
 For the harvest time is near. 
 
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 Eccl. ii : i. 
 
 Cast thy bread upon the waters, 
 
 Thinking not 't is thrown away; 
 God himself saith, thou shalt gather 
 
 It again some future day. 
 Cast thy bread upon the waters ; 
 
 Wildly though the billows roll, 
 They but aid thee as thou toilest 
 
 Truth to spread from pole to pole. 
 
 2 As the seed by billows floated 
 To some distant island lone, 
 
 So to human souls benighted 
 That thou fl ingest may be borne. 
 
 Cast thy bread upon the waters ; 
 Why wilt thou still doubting stand ? 
 
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 Bounteous shall God send the harvest, 
 If thou sow'st with liberal hand. 
 
 Home Missions. 
 
 Our country's voice is pleading, 
 
 Ye men of God, arise ! 
 His providence is leading, 
 
 The land before you lies ; 
 Day-gleams are o'er it brightening, 
 
 And promise clothes the soil ; 
 Wide fields, for harvest whitening, 
 
 Invite the reaper's toil 
 
 2 Go, where the waves are breaking 
 On California's shore, 
 
 Christ's precious gospel taking, 
 
 More rich than golden ore ; 
 On Alleghany's mountains, 
 
 Through all the western vale, 
 Beside Missouri's fountains, 
 
 Rehearse the wondrous tale. 
 
 3 The love of Christ unfolding, 
 Speed on from east to west, 
 
 Till all, his cross beholding, 
 
 In him are fully blest. 
 Great Author of salvation, 
 
 Haste, haste the glorious day, 
 When we, a ransomed nation, 
 
 Thy sceptre shall obey. 
 
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 w ■*■ M ords of Cheer. 
 
 O happy band of pilgrims, 
 
 If onward ye will tread, 
 With Jesus as your Fellow, 
 
 To Jesus as your Head ! 
 The cross that Jesus carried, 
 
 He carried as your due : 
 The crown that Jesus weareth, 
 
 He weareth it for you. 
 
 2 The faith by which ye see him, 
 The hope in which ye yearn, 
 
 The love that through all trouble 
 To him alone will turn — 
 
 What are they but forerunners, 
 To lead you to his sight ? 
 
 What are they save the effluence 
 Of uncreated light ? 
 
 3 The trials that beset you, 
 The sorrows ye endure, 
 
 The manifold temptations 
 
 That death alone can cure : — 
 
 What are they, but his jewels 
 Of right celestial worth ? 
 
 What are they but the ladder 
 Set up to heaven on earth ? 
 
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 "Keep step ever." 
 
 AVould you gain the best in life ? 
 Win the prize 'mid all the strife ? 
 
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 Hold your place through troubles rife ? 
 
 With the right keep step ! 
 Know the world is watching you ; 
 Be sincere in all you do ; 
 With the good, the pure and true, 
 
 Ever firm keep step ! 
 
 Cho. — Keep step, keep step, ever, 
 Keep step, keep step, ever. 
 
 2 Life is more than idle play; 
 It will quickly pass away; 
 Use aright each golden day; 
 
 With the good keep step ! 
 There are earnest, pressing needs, 
 Filled alone by purest deeds; 
 Happy he the call who heeds — 
 
 With the true keep step ! 
 
 3 Look beyond the present hour; 
 Never yield to Satan's power; 
 Though above the clouds may lower, 
 
 With the truth keep step ! 
 Onward press ! nor, on the way, 
 Loiter once or waste the day : 
 God and truth and right all say, 
 
 " Strong in faith, keep step ! " 
 
 A Little Child's Prayer. 
 
 God make my life a little light, 
 Within the world to glow; 
 
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 A little flame that burneth bright, 
 
 Wherever I may go ! 
 God make my life a little flower, 
 
 That giveth joy to all • 
 Content to bloom in native bower, 
 
 Although its place be small. 
 
 2 God make my life a little staff, 
 
 Whereon the weak may rest ; 
 That so what breath and strength I have 
 
 May serve my neighbor best ! 
 God make my life a little hymn 
 
 Of tenderness and praise ; 
 Of faith that never waxeth dim 
 
 In all his wondrous ways ! 
 
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 Deeds, not Words alone. 
 
 Day by day we magnify thee, 
 Not in words of praise alone ; 
 
 Truthful lips and meek obedience 
 Show thy glory in thine own. 
 
 2 Day by day we magnify thee, 
 When for Jesus' sake we try 
 
 Every wrong to bear with patience, 
 Every sin to mortify. 
 
 3 Day by day we magnify thee, 
 Till our days on earth shall cease ; 
 
 Till we rest from these our labors, 
 Waiting for thy day in peace. 
 
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 " Glorious Things" 
 
 Glorious things of thee are spoken, 
 
 Zion, city of our God ! 
 He, whose word cannot be broken, 
 
 Formed thee for his own abode: 
 On the Rock of Ages founded, 
 
 What can shake thy sure repose ? 
 With salvation's walls surrounded, 
 
 Thou mayst smile at all thy foes. 
 
 2 See ! the streams of living waters, 
 Springing from eternal love, 
 
 Well supply thy sons and daughters. 
 And all fear of want remove ; 
 
 Who can faint, while such a river 
 Ever flows their thirst to assuage ? — 
 
 Grace, which, like the Lord, the Giver, 
 Never fails from age to age. 
 
 3 Round each habitation hovering, 
 See the cloud and fire appear 
 
 For a glory and a covering, 
 Showing that the Lord is near ! 
 
 Thus deriving from their banner 
 Light by night, and shade by day, 
 
 Safe they feed upon the manna 
 
 Which he gives them when they pray. 
 
 ^ The Latter-Day Glory. 
 
 Lord of all worlds, incline thy bounteous ear; 
 Thy children's voice, in tender mercy, hear ; 
 
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 Bear thy blest promise, fixed as hills, in mind, 
 And shed renewing grace on lost mankind ! 
 
 2 Let Zion's walls before thee ceaseless stand, 
 Dear as thine eye, and graven on thy hand ; 
 From earth's far regions Jacob's sons restore, 
 Oppressed by man, and scourged by thee no 
 
 more. 
 
 3 Then shall mankind no more in darkness 
 
 mourn, 
 Then happy nations in a day be born ; 
 From east to west thy glorious Name be one, 
 And one pure worship hail the eternal Son. 
 
 4 Then shall thy saints exult with joy divine ; 
 Their virtues quicken, and their lives refine ; 
 Heaven o'er the world unfold a brighter day, 
 And Jesus spread his reign from sea to sea ! 
 
 *^ The Fulness of the Gentiles. 
 
 Rise, crowned with light, imperial Salem, rise! 
 Exalt thy towering head, and lift thine eyes ; 
 See heaven its sparkling portals wide display, 
 And break upon thee in a flood of day. 
 
 2 See a long race thy spacious courts adorn ; 
 See future sons and daughters yet unborn 
 In crowding ranks on every side arise, 
 Demanding life, impatient for the skies. 
 
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 3 See barbarous nations at thy gates attend, 
 Walk in the light, and in thy temple bend ; 
 See thy bright altars thronged with prostrate 
 
 kings, 
 While every land its joyful tribute brings. 
 
 4 The seas shall waste, the skies to smoke decay, 
 Rocks fall to dust, and mountains melt away ; 
 But fixed his word, his saving power remains ; 
 Thy realm shall last, thy Own Messiah reigns ! 
 
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 On the Rock. 
 
 Out amid the waves of ocean, 
 Raging oft in wild commotion, 
 Kept securely I am singing, 
 For to Christ my soul is clinging, 
 Safe when comes the tempest's shock, 
 Resting on the solid Rock. 
 
 Cho. — On the Rock, on the Rock, 
 Resting safely on the Rock: 
 On the Rock, the solid Rock, 
 Resting safely on the Rock. 
 
 2 What though darkness now surround me ? 
 What though winds be howling round me, 
 Threatening with desolation ? 
 Christ the Rock is my salvation ! 
 Calm amid the wildest shock, 
 On the everlasting Rock. 
 
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 3 With my Saviour, what can harm me ? 
 Satan's hosts cannot alarm me! 
 
 Jesus' mighty arms enclosing, 
 Sweetly is my soul reposing, 
 Sheltered from the fiercest shock 
 By the ever-blessed Rock. 
 
 4 Praise the Rock of our salvation ! 
 With increasing adoration, 
 
 Laud and bless his name for ever, 
 From whose love no force can sever ! 
 Saved, we wait the final shock 
 On the strong eternal Rock. 
 
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 " Your lamps trimmed." 
 
 Rejoice, rejoice, believers ! 
 
 And let your lights appear; 
 The shades of eve are thickening, 
 
 And darker night is near ; 
 The Bridegroom is advancing ; 
 
 Each hour he draws more nigh ; 
 Up ! watch and pray, nor slumber ; 
 
 At midnight comes the cry. 
 
 2 See that your lamps are burning, 
 Your vessels filled with oil ; 
 
 Wait calmly your deliverance 
 From earthly pain and toil : 
 
 The watchers on the mountains 
 Proclaim the Bridegroom near ; 
 
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 Go, meet him, as he cometh, 
 With hallelujahs clear. 
 
 3 The saints, who here in patience 
 Their cross and sufferings bore, 
 
 With him shall reign for ever, 
 When sorrow is no more : 
 
 Around the throne of glory 
 The Lamb shall they behold, 
 
 Adoring cast before him 
 Their diadems of gold. 
 
 4 Our hope and expectation, 
 O Jesus, now appear! 
 
 Arise, thou Sun so looked-for, 
 O'er this benighted sphere ! 
 
 With hearts and hands uplifted, 
 We plead, O Lord, to see 
 
 The day of our redemption, 
 And ever be with thee. 
 
 ' ' Lord of Might. ' ' 
 
 Angel voices, ever singing 
 Round thy throne of light — 
 
 Angel harps, for ever ringing, 
 Rest not day nor night ; 
 
 Thousands only live to bless thee, 
 And confess thee, Lord of might ! 
 
 2 Thou, who art beyond the farthest 
 Mortal eye can scan, 
 
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 Can it be that thou regardest 
 
 Songs of sinful man ? 
 Can we feel that thou art near us, 
 
 And wilt hear us ? Yea, we can ! 
 
 3 Here, great God, to-day we offer 
 Of thine own to thee ; 
 
 And for thine acceptance proffer, 
 
 All unworthily, 
 Hearts and minds, and hands and voices, 
 
 In our choicest melody. 
 
 4 Honor, glory, might, and merit 
 Thine shall ever be, 
 
 Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, 
 
 Blessed Trinity ! 
 Of the best that thou hast given, 
 
 Earth and heaven render thee ! 
 
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 Triumph by and by. 
 
 The prize is set before us — 
 To win our Lord implores us ! 
 The eye of God is o'er us, 
 
 From on high, from on high ! 
 His loving tones are falling, 
 While sin is dark, appalling ; 
 'T is Jesus gently calling — 
 
 He is nigh, he is nigh. 
 
 Cho. — By and by we shall meet him, 
 By and by we shall greet him, 
 
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 And with Jesus reign in glory, 
 
 By and by, by and by ; 
 By and by we shall meet him, 
 By and by we shall greet him, 
 And with Jesus reign in glory, 
 
 By and by. 
 
 2 We follow where he leadeth — 
 We pasture where he feedeth — 
 We yield to him who pleadeth 
 
 From on high : 
 For naught from him can sever ; 
 Our hope shall brighten ever; 
 And faith shall fail us never — 
 
 He is nigh. 
 
 3 Our home is bright above us ; 
 No trials there to move us, 
 
 But Christ our Lord to love us, 
 
 Dwells on high: 
 We give our best endeavor ; 
 We praise his name for ever: 
 His precious words can never, 
 
 Never die. 
 
 4 ' Watch and pray. 
 
 Christian! seek not yet repose ; 
 Cast thy dreams of ease away ; 
 Thou art in the midst of foes ; — 
 Watch and pray. 
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 Ref. — Watch and pray, watch and pray, and 
 pray, 
 Yes, watch and pray, watch and pray, 
 Watch and pray. 
 
 2 Gird thy heavenly armor on • 
 Near thee ever, night and day, 
 
 Ambushed lies the evil one; 
 Watch and pray ! 
 
 3 Hear the victors who o'ercame ; 
 Still they mark each warrior's way ; 
 
 All with warning voice exclaim — 
 "Watch and pray!" 
 
 4 Hear above all — hear thy Lord ! 
 Him thou lovest to obey ; 
 
 Hide within thy heart his word — 
 " Watch and pray ! " 
 
 5 Watch — as if on that alone 
 Hung the issue of the day ; 
 
 Pray that help may be sent down ; — 
 Watch and pray ! 
 
 *-> u What are you Sowing f 
 
 Are you sowing the seeds of mercy, 
 
 Fellow pilgrim ! day by day ? 
 Are you helping to point the sinner 
 
 To the true and only way ? 
 Are you sowing beside all waters ? 
 
 What are you sowing to-day ? 
 
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 Deeds of kindness, a warm heart proving ? 
 What are you sowing, sowing to-day ? 
 
 Cho. — Are you sowing the seeds of mercy, 
 Fellow pilgrim ! day by day ? 
 Are you helping to point the sinner 
 To the true and only way? 
 
 2 Are you sowing in life's bright morning 
 Seeds you e'er would wish to reap ? 
 
 Trusting unto the Lord till evening 
 
 All this precious seed to keep ? 
 Haste ! the field even now is ready : 
 
 What are you sowing to-day ? 
 Soon the time will be gone for ever: 
 
 What are you sowing, sowing to-day ? 
 
 3 Are you sowing the seeds of kindness, 
 Bringing forth the golden grain ? 
 
 Are you telling in words so tender 
 
 Of the Lamb for sinners slain ? 
 Soon the harvest will all be gathered : 
 
 What are you sowing to-aay ? 
 Hear the voice of the Master saying, 
 
 "What are you sowing, sowing to-day?" 
 
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 At the Cross. 
 
 O sacred Head, now wounded, 
 
 With grief and shame weighed down, 
 
 Now scornfully surrounded 
 
 W T ith thorns, thine only crown ; 
 
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 O sacred Head, what glory, 
 What bliss till now was thine! 
 
 Yet, though despised and gory, 
 I joy to call thee mine. 
 
 2 What thou, my Lord, hast suffered, 
 
 Was all for sinners* gain : 
 Mine, mine was the transgression, 
 
 But thine the deadly pain ; 
 Lo, here I fall, my Saviour! 
 
 'T is I deserved thy place ; 
 Look on me with thy favor, 
 
 Vouchsafe to me thy grace. 
 
 3 What language shall I borrow 
 
 To thank thee, dearest Friend, 
 For this, thy dying sorrow, 
 
 Thy pity without end ? 
 Lord, make me thine for ever, 
 
 Nor let me faithless prove ; 
 Oh, let me never, never, 
 
 Abuse such dying love ! 
 
 4 Be near when I am dying, 
 
 Oh, show thy cross to me ! 
 And for my succor flying, 
 
 Come, Lord, and set me free! 
 These eyes, new faith receiving, 
 
 From Jesus shall not move ; 
 For he who dies believing, 
 
 Dies safely — through thy love. 
 
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 Jo Christ's Call. 
 
 " Follow thou me ! " is the Master's word : 
 Hast thou the gospel message heard ? 
 Lo ! he is waiting to hear thee say 
 Whether thou wilt his word obey. 
 
 Ref. — Jesus is saying, " Follow thou me ! 
 
 No more delaying, straightway obeying — 
 Follow, follow me ! " 
 
 2 " Follow thou me ! " and " take up thy cross ! " 
 Jesus now calls ; count all but loss ! 
 
 Follow him now : why longer stray, 
 Wandering from God another day ? 
 
 3 " Follow thou me ! " for, though dark the way, 
 Soon it shall lead to endless day: 
 
 Bearing the cross till thou lay down 
 All of thy burdens, for thy crown ! 
 
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 " Save us, Lord / " 
 
 Jesus, high in glory, 
 
 Lend a listening ear; 
 When we bow before thee, 
 
 Children's praises hear ! 
 Though thou art so holy, 
 
 Heaven's almighty King, 
 Thou wilt deign to listen 
 
 When thy praise we sing. 
 
 2 Save us, Lord, from sinning ; 
 Watch us day by day ; 
 
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 Help us now to love thee ; 
 
 Take our sins away : 
 Then, when Jesus calls us 
 
 To our heavenly home, 
 We would gladly answer, 
 
 " Saviour, Lord, we come ! " 
 
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 Evening Hymn. 
 
 Holy Father, cheer our way 
 With thy love's perpetual ray ; 
 Grant us, every closing day, 
 Light at evening time. 
 
 2 Holy Saviour, calm our fears 
 When earth's brightness disappears ; 
 Grant us, in our later years, 
 
 Light at evening time. 
 
 3 Holy Spirit, be thou nigh 
 When in mortal pains we lie; 
 Grant us, as we come to die, 
 
 Light at evening time. 
 
 4 Holy, blessed Trinity ! 
 Darkness is not dark with thee; 
 Those thou keepest always see 
 
 Light at evening time. 
 
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 Crown him with many crowns, 
 The Lamb upon his throne ; 
 
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 Hark ! how the heavenly anthem drowns 
 
 All music but its own ! 
 Awake, my soul, and sing 
 
 Of him who died for thee ; 
 And hail him as thy matchless King 
 
 Through all eternity. 
 
 2 Crown him the Lord of love ! 
 Behold his hands and side, — 
 
 Those wounds, yet visible above, 
 
 In beauty glorified : 
 No angel in the sky 
 
 Can fully bear that sight, 
 But downward bends his wondering eye 
 
 At mysteries so bright. 
 
 3 Crown him the Lord of life ! 
 Who triumphed o'er the grave ; 
 
 Who rose victorious in the strife 
 
 For those he came to save : 
 His glories now we sing, 
 
 Who died and rose on high, 
 Who died eternal life to bring, 
 
 And lives that death may die. 
 
 4 Crown him the Lord of heaven ! 
 One with the Father known, — 
 
 And the blest Spirit through him given 
 
 From yonder Triune throne ! 
 All hail, Redeemer, hail ! 
 
 For thou hast died for me : 
 
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 Thy praise and glory shall not fail 
 Throughout eternity. 
 
 1^2 In the Fold. 
 
 My Shepherd will supply my need, 
 
 Jehovah is his name ; 
 In pastures fresh he makes me feed, 
 
 Beside the living stream. 
 He brings my wandering spirit back, 
 
 When I forsake his ways ; 
 And leads me, for his mercy's sake, 
 
 In paths of truth and grace. 
 
 2 When I walk through the shades of death, 
 Thy presence is my stay ; 
 
 A word of thy supporting breath 
 
 Drives all my fears away. 
 Thy hand, in sight of all my foes, 
 
 Doth still my table spread; 
 My cup with blessings overflows, 
 
 Thine oil anoints my head. 
 
 3 The sure provisions of my God 
 Attend me all my days ; 
 
 Oh, may thy house be mine abode, 
 
 And all my works be praise : 
 There would I find a settled rest, 
 
 While others go and come, — 
 No more a stranger, or a guest, 
 
 But like a child at home. 
 
 
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 J- U O Our Heavenly Father. 
 
 My God, how wonderful thou art, 
 
 Thy majesty how bright, 
 How beautiful thy mercy- seat 
 
 In depths of burning light ! 
 How dread are thine eternal years, 
 
 O everlasting Lord ! 
 By prostrate spirits day and night . 
 
 Incessantly adored. 
 
 2 How beautiful, how beautiful, 
 The sight of thee must be, 
 
 Thine endless wisdom, boundless power, 
 
 And awful purity I 
 Oh, how I fear thee, living God, 
 
 With deepest, tenderest fears, 
 And worship thee with trembling hope, 
 
 And penitential tears. 
 
 3 Yet I may love thee too, O Lord, 
 Almighty as thou art ; 
 
 For thou hast stooped to ask of me 
 
 The love of my poor heart. 
 Xo earthly father loves like thee, 
 
 Xo mother half so mild 
 Bears and forbears, as thou hast done 
 
 With me, thy sinful child. 
 
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 x - *- " Abide with me. ' ' 
 
 Come, Jesus, Redeemer ! abide .thou with me ; 
 Come, gladden my spirit that waiteth for thee; 
 
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 Thy smile every shadow shall chase from my 
 
 heart, 
 And soothe every sorrow, though keen be the 
 
 smart. 
 
 Ref. — Come, Saviour, come, — come, Saviour, 
 come, 
 
 Come, Jesus, Redeemer, abide thou with me. 
 
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 2 Without thee but weakness, with thee I am 
 
 strong ; 
 By day thou shalt lead me, by night be my 
 
 song; 
 Though dangers surround me, I still every fear, 
 Since thou, the Most Mighty, my Helper,art near. 
 
 3 Thy love, oh, how faithful ! so tender, so pure; 
 Thy promise, faith's anchor, how steadfast and 
 
 sure ! 
 That love, like sweet sunshine, my cold heart 
 
 can warm, 
 That promise make steady my soul in the storm. 
 
 4 Breathe, breathe on my spirit, oft ruffled, 
 
 thy peace ; 
 From restless vain wishes bid thou my heart 
 
 cease ; 
 In thee all its longings henceforward shall end, 
 Till glad to thy presence my soul shall ascend. 
 
 
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 5 Oh, then, blessed Jesus ! who once for me died, 
 Made clean in the fountain that gushed from 
 
 thy side, 
 I shall see thy full glory, thy face shall behold, 
 And praise thee for ever with rapture untold. 
 
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 - Lyj *J "Ki7ig> Creator, Lord." 
 
 O Christ ! our King, Creator, Lord ! 
 Saviour of all who trust thy word ! 
 To them who seek thee ever near, 
 Now to our praises bend thine ear. 
 
 2 In thy dear cross a grace is found, — 
 It flows from every streaming wound, — 
 Whose power our inbred sin controls, 
 Breaks the firm bond, and frees our souls. 
 
 3 Thou didst create the stars of night ; 
 Yet thou hast vailed in flesh thy light, 
 Hast deigned a mortal form to wear, 
 A mortal's painful lot to bear. 
 
 4 When thou didst hang upon the tree, 
 The quaking earth acknowledged thee; 
 When thou didst there yield up thy breath, 
 The world grew dark as shades of death. 
 
 5 Now in the Father's glory high, 
 Great Conqueror ! never more to die, 
 Us by thy mighty power defend, 
 And reign through ages without end. 
 
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 ■*■ *JV * * Lord of heaven. ' ' 
 
 O Christ, the Lord of heaven ! to thee, 
 Clothed with all majesty divine, 
 
 Eternal power and glory be ! 
 Eternal praise of right is thine. 
 
 2 Reign, Prince of life ! that once thy brow 
 Didst yield to wear, the wounding thorn; 
 
 Reign, throned beside the Father now, 
 Adored the Son of God first-born. 
 
 3 From angel hosts that round thee stand, 
 With forms more pure than spotless snow, 
 
 From the bright burning seraph band 
 Let praise in loftiest numbers flow. 
 
 4 To thee, the Lamb, our mortal songs, 
 Born of deep fervent love, shall rise ; 
 
 All honor to thy name belongs, 
 
 Our lips would sound it to the skies. 
 
 5 " Jesus ! " — all earth shall speak the word; 
 " Jesus ! " — all heaven resound it still ; 
 
 Immanuel, Saviour, Conqueror, Lord! 
 Thy praise the universe shall fill. 
 
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 x ^ ■ Our Lord's Love. 
 
 Sweetly sing the love of Jesus, 
 Love for you and love for me ; 
 
 Heaven's light is not more cheering, 
 Heaven's dews are not more free : 
 
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 As a child, in pain or terror, 
 
 Hides him in his mother's breast, — 
 
 As a sailor seeks the haven, — 
 We would come to him for rest. 
 
 Cho. — Sweetly sing the love of Jesus, 
 
 Love for you and love for me ; 
 Heaven's light is not more cheering, 
 Heaven's dews are not more free. 
 
 2 Softly sing the love of Jesus, 
 For our hearts are full of tears, 
 
 As we think how — walking humbly 
 This low earth for weary years, 
 
 Without riches, without dwelling, 
 Wounded sore by foe and friend, 
 
 In the garden, and in dying — 
 Jesus loved us to the end. 
 
 3 Gladly sing the love of Jesus ; 
 Let us lean upon his arm ; 
 
 If he loves us, what can grieve us ? 
 
 If he keeps us, what can harm ? 
 Still he lays his hand in blessing 
 
 On each upturned seeking face, 
 And in heaven his children's angels 
 
 Near the throne have always place* 
 
 1 VO The Sea f Galilee. 
 
 Galilee, bright Galilee, 
 
 Hallowed thoughts we turn to thee I 
 
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 Woven through thy history, 
 Gleams the charming mystery 
 Of the life of One who came — 
 Bearing grief, reproach, and shame — 
 Saviour of the world to be, 
 " God with us " by Galilee. 
 
 2 Once along that rugged shore 
 He, who all our sorrows bore, 
 Journeyed oft with weary feet, 
 Through the storm or burning heat ; 
 Healing all who came in faith, 
 Calling back to life from death : 
 King of kings from heaven was he, 
 Though so poor by Galilee ! 
 
 3 Wild the night on Galilee; 
 Loudly roared the angry sea, 
 When upon the tossing wave 
 Jesus walked, his own to save — 
 Calmed the tumult by his will. 
 Only saying, " Peace, be still ! " 
 Ruler of the storm was he, 
 
 On the raging Galilee ! 
 
 4 Still in loving tenderness 
 Doth the Master wait to bless ; 
 Still his touch upon the soul 
 Bringeth balm and maketh whole ; 
 Still he comforts mourning hearts, 
 Life, and joy, and peace imparts \ 
 
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 Still the sinner's Friend is he, 
 As of old by Galilee ! 
 
 1 V J The Heavenly Rest. 
 
 Hark ! hark, my soul \ angelic songs are swell- 
 ing 
 O'er earth's green fields and ocean's wave- 
 beat shore : 
 How sweet the truth those blessed strains are 
 telling 
 Of that new life when sin shall be no more. 
 
 Cho. — Angels of Jesus, angels of light, 
 
 Singing to welcome the pilgrims of the 
 night. 
 
 2 Onward we go, for still we hear them singing, 
 "Come,weary souls, for Jesus bids you come." 
 
 And, through the dark its echoes sweetly ring- 
 ing, 
 The music of the gospel leads us home. 
 
 3 Far, far away, like bells at evening pealing, 
 The voice of Jesus sounds o'er land and sea, 
 
 And laden souls by thousands meekly stealing, 
 Kind Shepherd, turn their weary steps to thee. 
 
 4 Angels, sing on! your faithful watches keeping; 
 Sing us sweet fragments of the songs above, 
 
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 Till morning's joy shall end the night of weep- 
 ing, 
 And life's long shadows break in cloudless 
 love. 
 
 -IJ-vJ The Guiding Star. 
 
 As with gladness men of old 
 Did the guiding star behold, 
 As with joy they hailed its light, 
 Leading onward, beaming bright ; 
 So, most gracious Lord, may we 
 Evermore be led to thee. 
 
 2 As with joyful steps they sped, 
 Saviour, to thy manger-bed, 
 There to bend the knee before 
 Thee whom heaven and earth adore, 
 So may we with willing feet 
 
 Ever seek the mercy-seat. 
 
 3 As they offered gifts most rare 
 At thy cradle rude and bare, 
 
 So may we with holy joy, 
 Pure and free from sin's alloy, 
 All our costliest treasures bring, 
 Christ, to thee our heavenly King. 
 
 4 Holy Jesus, every day 
 Keep us in the narrow way ; 
 And, when earthly things are past, 
 Bring our ransomed souls at last 
 
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 Where they need no star to guide, 
 Where no clouds thy glory hide. 
 
 " Only Thee." 
 
 Blessed Saviour ! thee I love, 
 
 All my other joys above ; 
 
 All my hopes in thee abide, 
 
 Thou my hope, and naught beside : 
 
 Ever let my glory be, 
 
 Only, only, only thee. 
 
 2 Once again beside the cross, 
 All my gain I count but loss ; 
 Earthly pleasures fade away — 
 Clouds they are that hide my day ; 
 Hence, vain shadows ! let me see 
 Jesus crucified for me. 
 
 3 Blessed Saviour, thine am I, 
 Thine to live, and thine to die ; 
 Height or depth, or earthly power, 
 Ne'er shall hide my Saviour more : 
 Ever shall my glory be 
 
 Only, only, only thee! 
 
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 The Aiigels Soiig. 
 
 It came upon the midnight clear, 
 That glorious song of old, 
 
 From angels bending near the earth 
 To touch their harps of gold ; 
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 " Peace to the earth, good- will to men, 
 From heaven's all-gracious King " : 
 
 The earth in solemn stillness lay, 
 To hear the angels sing. 
 
 2 Still through the cloven skies they come, 
 With peaceful wings unfurled ; 
 
 And still celestial music floats 
 
 O'er all the weary world ; 
 Above its sad and lowly plains 
 
 They bend on heavenly wing, 
 And ever o'er its Babel sounds 
 
 The blessed angels sing. 
 
 3 O ye, beneath life's crushing load, 
 Whose forms are bending low, 
 
 Who toil along the climbing way, 
 With painful steps and slow; — 
 
 Look up ! for glad and golden hours 
 Come swiftly on the wing ; 
 
 Oh, rest beside the weary road, 
 And hear the angels sing ! 
 
 4 For lo ! the days are hastening on, 
 By prophet-bards foretold, 
 
 When with the ever-circling years 
 Comes round the age of gold ! 
 
 When peace shall over all the earth 
 Its final splendors fling, 
 
 And the whole world send back the song 
 Which now the angels sing ! 
 
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 11^ li I am the light." 
 
 Light of the world, we hail thee 
 
 Flushing the eastern skies ; 
 Never shall darkness vail thee 
 
 Again from human eyes ; 
 Too long, alas, withholden, 
 
 Now spread from shore to shore, 
 Thy light, so glad and golden, 
 
 Shall set on earth no more. 
 
 2 Light of the world, thy beauty 
 Steals into every heart, 
 
 And glorifies with duty 
 
 Life's poorest, humblest part ; 
 
 Thou robest in thy splendor 
 The simple ways of men, 
 
 And helpest them to render 
 Light back to thee again. 
 
 3 Light of the world, before thee 
 Our spirits prostrate fall ; 
 
 We worship, we adore thee, 
 
 Thou Light, the life of all ; 
 With thee is no forgetting 
 
 Of all thine hand hath made ; 
 Thy rising hath no setting, 
 
 Thy sunshine hath no shade. 
 
 4 Light of the world, illumine 
 This darkened land of thine, 
 
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 Till everything that 's human 
 Be filled with what 's divine ; 
 
 Till every tongue and nation, 
 From sin's dominion free, 
 
 Rise in the new creation 
 
 Which springs from Love and thee. 
 
 -*--*-^ Psalm 2 j. 
 
 Shepherd ! with thy tenderest love 
 Guide me to thy fold above ; 
 Let me hear thy gentle voice ; 
 More and more in thee rejoice ; 
 From thy fulness grace receive, 
 Ever in thy Spirit live. 
 
 2 Filled by thee my cup o'erflows, 
 For thy love no limit knows : 
 Guardian angels, ever nigh, 
 Lead and draw my soul on high ; 
 Constant to my latest end, 
 
 Thou my footsteps wilt attend, 
 
 3 Jesus, with thy presence blest, 
 Death is life, and labor rest; 
 Guide me while I draw my breath, 
 Guard me through the gate of death, 
 And at last, oh, let me stand 
 
 With the sheep at thy right hand. 
 
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 - 1 - - 1 - u •' The Everlasting Arms. ' 
 
 Everlasting arms of love 
 Are beneath, around, above ; 
 He who left his throne of light, 
 And unnumbered angels bright ; — 
 
 2 He who on the accursed tree 
 Gave his precious life for me ; 
 He it is that bears me on, 
 
 His the arm I lean upon. 
 
 3 All things hasten to decay, 
 Earth and sea will pass away ; 
 Soon will yonder circling sun 
 Cease his blazing course to run. 
 
 4 Scenes will vary, friends grow strange, 
 But the Changeless cannot change : 
 Gladly will I journey on, 
 
 With his arm to lean upon. 
 
 11^ Christ for the World. 
 
 Christ for the world we sing; 
 The world to Christ we bring, 
 
 With loving zeal; 
 The poor, and them that mourn, 
 The faint and overborne, 
 Sin -sick and sorrow- worn, 
 
 Whom Christ doth heal. 
 
 2 Christ for the world we sing; 
 The world to Christ we bring, 
 
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 With fervent prayer ; 
 The wayward and the lost, 
 By restless passions tossed, 
 Redeemed, at countless cost, 
 
 From dark despair. 
 
 3 Christ for the world we sing-. 
 The world to Christ we bring, 
 
 With one accord; 
 With us the work to share, 
 With us reproach to dare, 
 With us the cross to bear, 
 
 For Christ our Lord. 
 
 4 Christ for the world we sing; 
 The world to Christ we bring, 
 
 With joyful song; 
 The new-born souls, whose days, 
 Reclaimed from error's ways, 
 Inspired with hope and praise, 
 
 To Christ belong. 
 
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 Ancient Hymn. 
 
 Shepherd of tender youth, 
 Guiding in love and truth, 
 
 Through devious ways ; 
 Christ, our triumphant King, 
 We come thy name to sing, 
 And here our children bring, 
 
 To shout thy praise. 
 
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 2 Thou art our holy Lord ; 
 The all-subduing Word, 
 
 Healer of strife ; 
 Thou didst thyself abase, 
 That from sin's deep disgrace 
 Thou mightest save our race, 
 
 And give us life. 
 
 3 Ever be thou our Guide, 
 Our Shepherd and our pride, 
 
 Our staff and song; 
 Jesus, thou Christ of God, 
 By thy perennial word, 
 Lead us where thou hast trod, 
 
 Our faith make strong. 
 
 4 So now, and till we die, 
 Sound we thy praises high, 
 
 And joyful sing: 
 Let all the holy throng, 
 Who to thy church belong, 
 Unite and swell the song 
 
 To Christ our King ! 
 
 Medieval Hymn. 
 
 Jesus, name all names above, 
 
 Jesus, best and dearest, 
 Jesus, fount of perfect love, 
 
 Holiest, tenderest, nearest, 
 Jesus, source of grace completest, 
 Jesus purest, Jesus sweetest, 
 
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 Jesus, well of power divine, 
 Make me, keep me, seal me thine. 
 
 2 Jesus, open me the gate 
 That of old he entered 
 
 Who, in that most lost estate, 
 
 Wholly on thee ventured \ 
 Thou, whose wounds are ever pleading, 
 And thy passion interceding, 
 From my misery let me rise 
 To a home in Paradise. 
 
 3 Jesus, crowned with thorns for me, 
 Scourged for my transgression, 
 
 Witnessing, through agony — 
 That, thy good confession; 
 Jesus, clad in purple raiment, 
 For my evils making payment, 
 Let not all thy woe and pain, 
 Let not Calvary, be in vain. 
 
 4 When I reach death's bitter sea, 
 And its waves roll higher, 
 
 Help the more forsaking me 
 
 As the storm draws nigher; 
 Jesus, leave me not to languish, 
 Helpless, hopeless, full of anguish : 
 Tell me, — " Verily I say, 
 Thou shalt be with me to-day." 
 
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 - 1 - x u An Ancient Hynui. 
 
 Gextle child of Xazareth ! 
 Let his life so meek and tender 
 Make us glad obedience render 
 To our father and our mother, 
 And be kind to one another — 
 
 Gentle child of Xazareth ! 
 
 2 Wondrous boy of Xazareth ! 
 Let his early love for learning 
 Set our youthful spirits burning 
 Daily to be growing wiser, 
 Thou our teacher and adviser, 
 
 "Wondrous boy of Xazareth ! 
 
 3 Holy One of Xazareth ! 
 Help us use the powers lent us, 
 Do the work of him who sent us, 
 Draw to thee in closer union, 
 Share thy people's blest communion : 
 
 Holy One of Xazareth ! 
 
 - 1 - 1 - Psalm 23. 
 
 The King of love my Shepherd is, 
 Whose goodness faileth never : 
 
 1 nothing lack if I am his, 
 And he is mine for ever. 
 
 2 Where streams of living water flow, 
 My ransomed soul he leadeth ; 
 
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 And, where the verdant pastures grow, 
 With food celestial feedeth. 
 
 3 In death's dark vale I fear no ill, 
 With thee, dear Lord, beside me ; 
 
 Thy rod and staff my comfort still, 
 Thy cross before to guide me. 
 
 4 And so, through all the length of days, 
 Thy goodness faileth never ; 
 
 Good Shepherd, may I sing thy praise 
 Within thy house for ever ! 
 
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 x ^ •*- Psalm 2 j. 
 
 The Lord is my Shepherd, no want shall I 
 know ; 
 I feed in green pastures, safe-folded I rest ; 
 He leadeth my soul where the still waters flow, 
 Restores me when wandering, redeems when 
 oppressed. 
 
 2 Through the valley and shadow of death 
 
 though I stray, 
 Since thou art my Guardian, no evil I fear; 
 Thy rod shall defend me, thy staff be my stay ; 
 No harm can befall, with my Comforter near. 
 
 3 In the midst of affliction, my table is spread ; 
 With blessings unmeasured my cup runneth 
 
 o'er: 
 
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 With perfume and oil thou anointest my head ; 
 Oh, what shall I ask of thy providence more ? 
 
 4 Let goodness and mercy, my bountiful God ! 
 
 Still follow my steps till I meet thee above; 
 I seek, by the path which my forefathers trod 
 
 Through the land of their sojourn, thy king- 
 dom of love. 
 
 Jesus, Saviour, pilot me, 
 Over life's tempestuous sea ; 
 Unknown waves before me roll, 
 Hiding rock and treacherous shoal ; 
 Chart and compass came from thee ; 
 Jesus, Saviour, pilot me. 
 
 2 As a mother stills her child, 
 Thou canst hush the ocean wild ; 
 Boisterous waves obey thy will 
 When thou say'st to them " Be still ! " 
 Wondrous Sovereign of the sea, 
 Jesus, Saviour, pilot me. 
 
 3 When at last I near the shore, 
 And the fearful breakers roar 
 Twixt me and the peaceful rest, 
 Then, while leaning on thy breast, 
 May I hear thee say to me, 
 
 " Fear not, I will pilot thee ! n 
 
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 -■- ^ «-* " Altogether lovely.** 
 
 O Jesus, thou the beauty art 
 
 Of angel- worlds above; 
 Thy name is music to the heart, 
 
 Enchanting it with love. 
 
 2 O Jesus, Saviour, hear the sighs 
 Which unto thee I send; 
 
 To thee my inmost spirit cries, 
 My being's hope and end. 
 
 3 Stay with us, Lord, and with thy light 
 Illume the souFs abyss; 
 
 Scatter the darkness of our night, 
 And fill the world with bliss. 
 
 4 O Jesus, King of earth and heaven, 
 Our Life and Joy ! to thee 
 
 Be honor, thanks, and blessing given 
 Through all eternity ! 
 
 ' Lead on" 
 
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 Jesus, still lead on, till our rest be won; 
 And although the way be cheerless, 
 We will follow calm and fearless; 
 
 Guide us by thy hand to our Fatherland. 
 
 2 If the way be drear, if the foe be near, 
 Let not faithless fears o'ertake us, 
 Let not faith and hope forsake us; 
 
 For, through many a foe, to our home we go. 
 
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 3 When we seek relief from a long -felt grief, 
 When temptations come, alluring, 
 
 Make us patient and enduring; [more. 
 
 Show us that bright shore where we weep no 
 
 4 Jesus, still lead on, till our rest be won ; 
 Heavenly Leader, still direct us, 
 
 Still support, console, protect us, 
 Till we safely stand in our Fatherland. 
 
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 J- - ^ The Call of the Disciples. 
 
 Hark ! the voice of Jesus calling, 
 
 " Follow me, follow me ! " 
 Softly through the silence falling, 
 
 " Follow, follow me ! " 
 As of old he called the fishers, 
 
 When he walked by Galilee, 
 Still his patient voice is pleading, 
 
 " Follow, follow me ! " 
 
 2 Who will heed the holy mandate, 
 " Follow me, follow me ! " 
 
 Leaving all things at his bidding, 
 
 " Follow, follow me ! " 
 Hark! that tender voice entreating 
 
 Mariners on life's rough sea, 
 Gently, lovinglv repeating, 
 
 " Follow, follow me ! " 
 
 3 Hearken, lest he plead no longer, 
 " Follow me, follow me ! " 
 
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 Once again, oh, hear him calling, 
 
 " Follow, follow me ! " 
 Turning swift at thy sweet summons, 
 
 Evermore, O Christ, would we, 
 For thy love all else forsaking, 
 
 Follow, follow thee ! 
 
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 J -^ J ^ J Christ dying to save us. 
 
 There is a green hill far away, 
 
 Without a city wall, 
 Where the dear Lord was crucified, 
 
 Who died to save us all. 
 We may not know, we cannot tell 
 
 What pains he had to bear ; 
 But we believe it was for us 
 
 He hung and suffered there. 
 
 2 He died that we might be forgiven, 
 He died to make us good, 
 
 That we might go at last to heaven, 
 Saved by his precious blood. 
 
 There was no other good enough 
 To pay the price of sin ; 
 . He only could unlock the gate 
 Of heaven, and let us in. 
 
 3 Oh, dearly, dearly has he loved, 
 And we must love him too, 
 
 And trust in his redeeming blood, 
 And try his works to do. 
 
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 For there 's a green hill far away, 
 
 Without a city wall, 
 Where the dear Lord was crucified, 
 
 Who died to save us all. 
 
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 11 The Fairest Face." 
 
 1 heard a voice, the sweetest voice 
 That mortal ever heard; 
 
 Oh, how it made my heart rejoice, 
 
 And every feeling stirred ! 
 'T was Jesus spoke to me so mild ; 
 
 He called me to his side, 
 And said, although with heart defiled, 
 
 I might in him confide. 
 
 2 I saw his face, the fairest face 
 That mortal ever saw ; 
 
 I longed the Saviour to embrace, 
 From him new life to draw. 
 
 " Come unto me," he kindly said, 
 " And I will give thee rest ; 
 
 The ransom-price I fully paid — 
 Repent! believe! be blest!" 
 
 3 I felt his love, the strongest love 
 That mortal ever felt; 
 
 Oh, how it drew my soul above, 
 And made my hard heart melt ! 
 
 My burden at his feet I laid, 
 And knew the joy of heaven, 
 
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 As in my willing ear he said 
 The blessed word, "Forgiven!" 
 
 1^8 The Infant Class. 
 
 Jesus loves the little children, 
 
 Knows about their work and play, 
 
 Helps them when they try to please him, 
 Hears them always when they pray. 
 
 Happy, happy little children, 
 Jesus hears them when they pray ! 
 
 2 Jesus thinks about the children 
 All the nights and all the days ; 
 
 Leads the little feet that follow 
 Into wisdom's pleasant ways. 
 
 Happy, happy little children, 
 Led in wisdom's pleasant ways ! 
 
 3 He will keep them, when they ask him, 
 Always patient, true, and mild ; 
 
 Jesus knows about their troubles — 
 He was once a little child. 
 
 Blessed, happy little children — 
 He was once a little child ! 
 
 4 By and by, for those who love him, 
 He will come, some happy day — 
 
 Lead them to the pleasant pastures 
 Of the land not far away. 
 
 Oh, the safe and happy children, 
 In the land not far away ! 
 
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 1 <«" " He first loz'ed us." 
 
 Saviour ! teach me, clay by day, 
 Love's sweet lesson to obey ; 
 Sweeter lesson cannot be, 
 Loving him who first loved me. 
 With a childlike heart of love, 
 At thy bidding may I move ; 
 Prompt to serve and follow thee, 
 Loving him who first loved me. 
 
 2 Teach me all thy steps to trace, 
 Strong to follow in thy grace ; 
 Learning how to love from thee, 
 Loving him who first loved me. 
 Thus may I rejoice to show 
 That I feel the love I owe; 
 Singing, till thy face I see, 
 Of his love who first loved me. 
 
 1^ A little child. 
 
 Gentle Jesus, meek and mild, 
 Look upon a little child ; 
 Pity my simplicity ; 
 Suffer me to come to thee. 
 Lamb of God, I look to thee, 
 Thou shalt my example be ; 
 Thou art gentle, meek, and mild, 
 Thou wast once a little child. 
 
 2 Fain I would be as thou art; 
 Give me thy obedient heart j 
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 Thou art pitiful and kind ; 
 Let me have thy loving mind. 
 Let me above all fulfil 
 God my heavenly Father's will, 
 Never his good Spirit grieve, 
 Only to his glory live. 
 
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 Christ on the Cross. 
 
 Jesus, meek and lowly, 
 Saviour, pure and holy, 
 On thy love relying, 
 Hear me humbly crying ! 
 
 2 Prince of life and power, 
 My salvation's tower, 
 
 On the cross I view thee, 
 Calling sinners to thee. 
 
 3 There behold me gazing 
 At the sight amazing : 
 Bending low before thee, 
 Helpless I adore thee. 
 
 4 By that fount of blessing 
 Thy dear love expressing, 
 All my aching sadness 
 Turn thou into gladness. 
 
 5 Lord, in mercy guide me ! 
 Be thou e'er beside me ; 
 
 In thy ways direct me; 
 'Neath thy wings protect me. 
 
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 ■*-*J^i Jesus' Name. 
 
 Jesus ! — the very thought is sweet; 
 in that dear name all heart-joys meet; 
 But sweeter than sweet honey far 
 The glimpses of his presence are. 
 
 2 Xo word is sung more sweet than this : 
 Xo name is heard more full of bliss : 
 
 Xo thought brings sweeter comfort nigh, 
 Than Jesus, Son of God most high. 
 
 3 I seek for Jesus in repose, 
 
 When round my heart its chambers close : 
 Abroad, and when I shut the door, 
 I long for Jesus evermore. 
 
 4 We follow Jesus now, and raise 
 
 The voice of prayer, the hymn of praise, 
 That he at last may make us meet 
 With him to gain the heavenly seat. 
 
 ^OO The Heavenly Song. 
 
 Hear the song through heaven ringing, 
 " Worthy, worthy is the Lamb ! " 
 
 Down to earth the angels bringing; 
 
 Let the people join their singing, 
 Worthy, worthy is the Lamb ! 
 
 Swell the chorus; tell the story; 
 
 Blessing, honor, power, and glory 
 Give for ever to the Lamb ! 
 
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 2 With his precious blood he bought us,- 
 Worthy, worthy is the Lamb ! 
 
 Lost in sin, he came and sought us \ 
 To the paths of peace he brought us ; — 
 
 Worthy, worthy is the Lamb ! 
 From our sins he came to save us, 
 All the wayward past forgave us; 
 
 Praise for ever to the Lamb ! 
 
 3 O'er and o'er, our lips confessing, 
 Worthy, worthy is the Lamb ! 
 
 Give him honor, power, and blessing, 
 All we have in him possessing; 
 
 Worthy, worthy is the Lamb ! 
 Let our lives repeat the story ; 
 Blessing, honor, power, and glory 
 
 Be for ever to the Lamb ! 
 
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 Christ our Leader. 
 
 Saviour, blessed Saviour! 
 
 Listen while we sing, 
 Hearts and voices raising 
 
 Praises to our King ! 
 All we have to offer, 
 
 All we hope to be, 
 Body, soul, and spirit, 
 
 All we yield to thee. 
 
 Cho. — Saviour, blessed Saviour ! 
 Listen while we sing, 
 
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 Hearts and voices raising 
 Praises to our King! 
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 2 Clearer still and clearer 
 Dawns the light from heaven, 
 
 In our sadness bringing 
 
 News of sins forgiven : 
 Life has lost its shadows, 
 
 Pure the light within ; 
 Thou hast shed thy radiance 
 
 On a world of sin. 
 
 3 Onward, ever onward, 
 Journeying o'er the road 
 
 Worn by saints before us, 
 
 Journeying on to God : 
 Leaving all behind us, 
 
 May we hasten on, 
 Backward never looking 
 
 Till the prize is won. 
 
 4 Higher, then, and higher 
 Bear the ransomed soul, 
 
 Earthly toils forgotten, 
 
 Saviour ! to its goal ; 
 Where, in joys unthought of, 
 
 Saints with angels sing, 
 Never weary, raising 
 
 Praises to their King ! 
 
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 J-^t) The Birth at Bethlehem. 
 
 Holy night ! peaceful night ! 
 Through the darkness Yearns a light 
 Yonder, where they sweet vigils keep 
 O'er the Babe, who, in silent sleep, 
 Rests in heavenly peace. 
 
 2 Silent night ! holiest night ! 
 Darkness flies and all is light ! 
 Shepherds hear the angels sing — 
 " Hallelujah ! hail the King ! 
 
 Jesus Christ is here ! " 
 
 3 Silent night ! holiest night ! 
 Guiding Star, oh, lend thy light ! 
 See the eastern wise men bring 
 Gifts and homage to our King ! 
 
 Jesus Christ is here ! 
 
 4 Silent night ! holiest night ! 
 Wondrous Star ! oh, lend thy light ! 
 With the angels let us sing 
 Hallelujah to our King ! 
 
 Jesus Christ is here ! 
 
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 " Come unto me" 
 
 Come unto me, ye weary, 
 
 And I will give you rest : 
 Oh, blessed voice of Jesus, 
 
 Which comes to hearts oppressed! 
 
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 It tells of benediction, 
 
 Of pardon, grace, and peace, 
 
 Of joy that hath no ending, 
 Of love that cannot cease. 
 
 2 Come unto me, ye wanderers, 
 And I will give you light : 
 
 Oh, loving voice of Jesus, 
 
 Which comes to cheer the night ! 
 
 Our hearts were filled with sadness, 
 And we had lost our way, 
 
 But he has brought us gladness, 
 And songs at break of day. 
 
 3 Come unto me, ye fainting, 
 And I will give you life : 
 
 Oh, cheering voice of Jesus, 
 Which comes to aid our strife ! 
 
 The foe is stern and eager, 
 The fight is fierce and long; 
 
 But he has made us mighty, 
 And stronger than the strong. 
 
 4 And whosoever cometh, 
 I will not cast him out : 
 
 Oh, welcome voice of Jesus, 
 Which drives away our doubt ! 
 
 Which calls us — guilty sinners — 
 Unworthy though we be 
 
 Of love so free and boundless, 
 To cdme, dear Lord, to thee. 
 
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 •*■ ^ • The Promise. 
 
 Jesus, I have promised 
 To serve thee to the end ; 
 
 Be thou for ever near me, 
 My Master and my Friend. 
 
 1 shall not fear the battle 
 If thou art by my side, 
 
 Nor wander from the pathway 
 If thou wilt be my guide. 
 
 Ref. — Tenderly lead me, Saviour ! 
 
 Tenderly lead me, Saviour ! 
 Jesus save me, guide me, feed me, 
 Keep me to the end. 
 
 2 Oh, let me feel thee near me— 
 The world is ever near ; 
 
 I see the sights that dazzle, 
 The tempting sounds I hear. 
 
 My foes are ever near me, 
 Around me and within • 
 
 But, Jesus, draw thou nearer, 
 And shield my soul from sin. 
 
 3 Oh, let me hear thee speaking 
 In accents clear and still, 
 
 Above the storms of passion, 
 The murmurs of self-will. 
 
 Oh, speak to re-assure me, 
 To hasten or control : 
 
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 Oh, speak, and make me listen, 
 Thou Guardian of my soul. 
 
 4 Oh, Jesus, thou hast promised 
 
 To all who follow thee, 
 That where thou art in glory 
 
 There shall thy servant be ; 
 And, Jesus, I have promised 
 
 To serve thee to the end : 
 Oh, give me grace to follow 
 
 My Master and my Friend. 
 
 Happy in the Lord. 
 
 Jesus died upon the tree, 
 That from sin we might be free, 
 And for ever happy be — 
 
 Happy in his love. 
 He has paid the debt we owe — 
 If with trusting hearts we go, 
 He will wash us white as snow, 
 
 In his blood. 
 
 Cho. — Then with joy and gladness sing; 
 Happy, ever happy be — 
 Praises to our heavenly King — 
 Happy in the Lord ! 
 
 2 Lord, we bring our hearts to thee ; 
 Dying love is all our plea, 
 Thine for ever we would be — 
 Jesus, ever thine. 
 
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 . Jesus smiles and bids us come, 
 In his loving arms there 's room ; 
 He will bear us safely home — 
 Home above. 
 
 3 When we reach that shining shore, 
 All our suffering will be o'er — 
 We shall sigh and weep no more, 
 
 In that land of love; 
 But in robes of spotless white, 
 And with crowns of glory bright, 
 We will range the fields of light, 
 
 Evermore. 
 
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 Praise to Jesus. 
 
 When morning gilds the skies, 
 My heart awaking cries, 
 
 May Jesus Christ be praised ! 
 Alike at work and prayer, 
 To Jesus I repair ; 
 
 May Jesus Christ be praised ! 
 
 2 Does sadness fill my mind ? 
 A solace here I find, 
 
 May Jesus Christ be praised ! 
 Or fades my earthly bliss ? 
 My comfort still is this, 
 
 May Jesus Christ be praised ! 
 
 3 The night becomes as day, 
 When from the heart we say, 
 
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 May Jesus Christ be praised ! 
 The powers of darkness fear 
 When this sweet chant they hear, 
 
 May Jesus Christ be praised ! 
 
 4 In heaven's eternal bliss 
 The loveliest strain is this, 
 
 Let Jesus Christ be praised! 
 Let earth and sea and sky 
 From depth to height reply, 
 
 May Jesus Christ be praised ! 
 
 M Suffer little Children:' 
 
 Humble praises, holy Jesus, 
 
 Infant voices raise to thee : 
 In thy mercy, oh, receive us ! 
 
 Suffer us thy lambs to be. 
 
 2 Blessed Jesus ! thou hast bidden 
 Babes like us to come to thee, 
 
 Though by thy disciples chidden, 
 Thou didst tell them not to flee. 
 
 3 Saviour, condescend to feed us ; 
 Richly let thy mercy flow : 
 
 Send thy Spirit, blessed Jesus! 
 Light and life on us bestow. 
 
 Bethlehem. 
 
 Once in royal David's city 
 Stood a lowly cattle shed. 
 
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 Where a mother laid her Baby, 
 
 In a manger for his bed : 
 Mary was that mother mild, 
 Jesus Christ her little child. 
 
 2 He came down to earth from heaven 
 Who is God and Lord of all, 
 
 And his shelter was a stable, 
 And his cradle was a stall : 
 With the poor, and mean, and lowly 
 Lived on earth our Saviour holy. 
 
 3 Oh, our eyes at last shall see him 
 Through his own redeeming love, 
 
 For that child so dear and gentle 
 
 Is our God in heaven above ; 
 And he leads his children on 
 To the place where he is gone. 
 
 4 Not in that poor, lowly stable, 
 With the oxen standing by, 
 
 We shall see him ; but in heaven, 
 
 Set at God's right hand on high ; 
 When like stars his children crowned 
 All in white shall wait around. 
 
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 Jesus wept ! those tears are over, 
 But his heart is still the same; 
 
 Kinsman, Friend, and elder Brother 
 Is his everlasting name. 
 
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 Saviour, who can love like thee, 
 Gracious One of Bethany ? 
 
 2 When the pangs of trial seize us,. 
 When the waves of sorrow roll, 
 
 1 will lay my head on Jesus, 
 Pillow of the troubled soul. 
 
 Surely none can feel like thee, 
 Weeping one of Bethany ! 
 
 3 Jesus wept ! and still in glory 
 
 He can mark each mourner's tear ; 
 Living to retrace the story 
 
 Of the hearts he solaced here. 
 Lord, when I am called to die, 
 Let me think of Bethany. 
 
 4 Jesus wept ! that tear of sorrow 
 Is a legacy of love; 
 
 Yesterday, to-day, to-morrow. 
 
 He the same doth ever prove, 
 Thou art all in all to me, 
 Living one of Bethany. 
 
 Morning Prayer. 
 
 Jesus, holy, undefiled, 
 
 Listen to a little child; 
 
 Thou hast sent the glorious light, 
 
 Chasing far the silent night. 
 
 2 Thou hast sent the sun to shine 
 O'er this glorious world of thine, 
 
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 Warmth to give and pleasant glow- 
 On each tender flower below. 
 
 3 Make me, Lord, obedient, mild, 
 As becomes a little child ; 
 
 All day long, in every way, 
 Teach me what to do and say. 
 
 4 Help me never to forget 
 That in thy great book is set 
 All that children think and say, 
 For the awful Judgment Day. 
 
 5 Let me never speak a word 
 That will make thee angry, Lord 
 Help me so to live in love 
 
 As thine angels do above, 
 
 6 Make me, Lord, in work and play, 
 Thine more truly every day, 
 
 And when thou at last shalt come, 
 Take me to thy heavenly home. 
 
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 The True Test. 
 
 We may not climb the heavenly steeps 
 To bring the Lord Christ down ; 
 
 In vain we search the lowest deeps, 
 For him no depths can drown. 
 
 2 But warm, sweet, tender, even yet 
 A present help is he ; 
 
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 And faith has yet its Olivet, 
 And love its Galilee. 
 
 3 The healing of the seamless dress 
 Is by our beds of pain ; 
 
 We touch him in life's throng and press, 
 And we are whole again. 
 
 4 Through him the first fond prayers are said, 
 Our lips of childhood frame; 
 
 The last low whispers of our dead 
 Are burdened with his name. 
 
 5 O Lord and Master of us all, 
 Whate'er our name or sign, 
 
 We own thy sway, we hear thy call, 
 We test our lives by thine ! 
 
 l^'J Bearing the Cross. 
 
 Jesus, I my cross have taken, 
 
 All to leave, and follow thee ; 
 Naked, poor, despised, forsaken, 
 
 Thou, from hence, my all shalt be ! 
 Perish every fond ambition, 
 
 All I Ve sought, or hoped, or known, 
 Yet how rich is my condition — 
 
 God and heaven are still my own ! 
 
 2 Let the world despise and leave me, 
 They have left my Saviour, too; 
 
 Human hearts and looks deceive me — 
 Thou art not, like them, untrue ; 
 
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 Oh, while thou dost smile upon me, 
 God of wisdom, love, and might, 
 
 Foes may hate, and friends disown me, 
 Show thy face, and all is bright. 
 
 3 Man may trouble and distress me, 
 'T will but drive me to thy breast; 
 
 Life with trials hard may press me ; 
 
 Heaven will bring me sweeter rest ! 
 Oh, 't is not in grief to harm me, 
 
 While thy love is left to me ; 
 Oh, 't were not in joy to charm me, 
 
 Were that joy unmixed with thee. 
 
 4 Go, then, earthly fame and treasure ! 
 Come disaster, scorn, and pain ! 
 
 In thy service pain is pleasure, 
 With thy favor, loss is gain. 
 
 I have called thee — Abba, Father, 
 I have stayed my heart on thee ! 
 
 Storms may howl, and clouds may gather, 
 All must work for good to me. 
 
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 The Crown coming. 
 
 Soul, then know thy full salvation, 
 Rise o'er sin, and fear, and care ; 
 
 Joy, to find in every station 
 Something still to do or bear. 
 
 Think what Spirit dwells within thee ; 
 Think what Father's smiles are thine ; 
 
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 Think that Jesus died to win thee ! 
 Child of "heaven, canst thou repine ? 
 
 2 Haste thee on from grace to glory, 
 
 Armed by faith and winged by prayer ! 
 Heaven's eternal day 's before thee, 
 
 God's own hand shall guide thee there : 
 Soon shall close thy earthly mission, 
 
 Soon shall pass thy pilgrim days, 
 Hope shall change to glad fruition, 
 
 Faith to sight, and prayer to praise. 
 
 Perfect Peace. 
 
 In heavenly love abiding, 
 
 Xo change my heart shall fear, 
 And safe is such confiding, 
 
 For nothing changes here : 
 The storm may roar without me, 
 
 My heart may low be laid, 
 But God is round about me, 
 
 And can I be dismayed ? 
 
 2 Wherever he may guide me, 
 
 Xo want shall turn me back; 
 My Shepherd is beside me, 
 
 And nothing can I lack : 
 His wisdom ever waketh, 
 
 His sight is never dim : 
 He knows the way he taketh, 
 
 And I will walk with him. 
 
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 3 Green pastures are before me, 
 
 Which yet I have not seen ; 
 Bright skies will soon be o'er me, 
 
 Where darkest clouds have been : 
 My hope I cannot measure; 
 
 My path to life is free ; 
 My Saviour has my treasure, 
 
 And he will walk with me. 
 
 J-^O " They saw the Star." 
 
 When, marshaled on the nightly plain, 
 
 The glittering host bestud the sky, 
 One star alone of all the train 
 
 Can fix the sinner's wandering eye. 
 Hark ! hark ! to God the chorus breaks 
 
 From every host, from every gem; 
 But one alone the Saviour speaks, — 
 
 It is the Star of Bethlehem. 
 
 2 Once on the raging seas I rode, 
 
 The storm was loud, the night was dark, 
 The ocean yawned, and rudely blowed 
 
 The wind that tossed my foundering bark. 
 Deep horror then my vitals froze; 
 
 Death-struck, I ceased the tide to stem ; 
 When suddenly a star arose, — 
 
 It was the Star of Bethlehem ! 
 
 3 It was my guide, my light, my all; 
 It bade my dark forebodings cease, 
 
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 And through the storm and danger's thrall 
 It led me to the port of peace. 
 
 Now safely moored, my perils o'er, 
 I '11 sing, first in night's diadem, 
 
 For ever and for evermore, 
 
 The Star, the Star of Bethlehem'! 
 
 "J God's Leading. 
 
 He leadeth me ! oh, blessed thought, 
 Oh, words with heavenly comfort fraught ! 
 Whate'er I do, where'er I be, 
 Still 't is God's hand that leadeth me. 
 
 Ref. — He leadeth me! he leadeth me! 
 By his own hand he leadeth me ; 
 His faithful follower I would be, 
 For by his hand he leadeth me ! 
 
 2 Sometimes 'mid scenes of deepest gloom, 
 Sometimes where Eden's bowers bloom, 
 By waters still, o'er troubled sea, — 
 
 Still 't is his hand that leadeth me ! 
 
 3 Lord, I would clasp thy hand in mine, 
 Nor ever murmur nor repine ; 
 Content, whatever lot I see, 
 
 Since 't is my God that leadeth me. 
 
 4 And when my task on earth is done, 
 When by thy grace the victory 's won, 
 Ev'n death's cold wave I will not flee, 
 Since God through Jordan leadeth me. 
 
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 l&V The Spirit's Blessing. 
 
 Heavenly Father, send thy blessing 
 On thy children gathered here; 
 
 May they all, thy name confessing, 
 Be to thee for ever dear. 
 
 Holy Saviour, who in meekness 
 Didst vouchsafe a child to be, 
 
 Guide their steps and help their weakness- 
 Bless, and make them like to thee. 
 
 2 Bear the lambs, when they are weary, 
 
 In thine arms and on thy breast; 
 Through life's desert dark and dreary 
 
 Bring them to thy heavenly rest. 
 Spread thy wings of blessing o'er them, 
 
 Holy Spirit, from above; 
 Guide, and lead, and go before them, 
 
 Give them peace, and joy, and love. 
 
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 God, my King, thy might confessing, 
 
 Ever will I bless thy name ; 
 Day by day thy throne addressing, 
 
 Still will I thy praise proclaim. 
 Nor shall fail from memory's treasure 
 
 Works by love and mercy wrought — 
 Works of love surpassing measure, 
 
 Works of mercy passing thought. 
 
 2 Full of kindness and compassion, 
 Slow to anger, vast in love, 
 
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 God is good to all creation ; 
 
 All his works his goodness prove. 
 All thy works, O Lord, shall bless thee, 
 
 Thee shall all thy saints adore; 
 King supreme shall they confess thee, 
 
 And proclaim thy sovereign power. 
 
 J- O- Xhe Spirit sought. 
 
 Holy Ghost! dispel our sadness, 
 
 Pierce the clouds of sinful night ; 
 Come, thou Source of sweetest gladness ! 
 
 Breathe thy life, and spread thy light : 
 Come, thou best of all donations 
 
 God can give, or we implore ! 
 Having thy sweet consolations, 
 
 We need wish for nothing more. 
 
 2 From that height which knows no measure, 
 As a gracious shower descend, 
 
 Bringing down the richest treasure 
 Man can wish, or God can send : 
 
 Author of the new creation ! 
 
 Come, with unction and with power ; 
 
 Make our hearts thy habitation ; 
 On our souls thy graces shower. 
 
 3 Manifest thy love for ever; 
 Fence us in on every side ; 
 
 In distress be our Reliever; 
 
 Guard and teach, support and guide: 
 
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 Hear, oh, hear our supplication, 
 Loving Spirit, God of peace ! 
 
 Rest upon this congregation, 
 With the fulness of thy grace ! 
 
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 " One in Three." 
 
 Come, thou almighty King, 
 Help us thy name to sing, 
 
 Help us to praise : 
 Father ! all-glorious, 
 O'er all victorious, 
 Come, and reign over us, 
 
 Ancient of Days ! 
 
 2 Come, thou incarnate Word, 
 Gird on thy mighty sword; 
 
 Our prayer attend; 
 Come, and thy people bless, 
 And give thy word success ; 
 Spirit of holiness ! 
 
 On us descend. 
 
 3 Come, holy Comforter ! 
 Thy sacred witness bear, 
 
 In this glad hour : 
 Thou, who almighty art, 
 Now rule in every heart, 
 And ne'er from us depart, 
 
 Spirit orpower ! 
 
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 4 To the great One in Three 
 The highest praises be, 
 
 Hence evermore ! 
 His sovereign majesty 
 May we in glory see, 
 And to eternity 
 
 Love and adore. 
 
 " Let there be light." 
 
 Thou ! whose almighty word 
 Chaos and darkness heard, 
 
 And took their flight, 
 Hear us, we humbly pray, 
 And, where the gospel's day 
 Sheds not its glorious ray, 
 
 " Let there be light ! " 
 
 2 Thou ! who didst come to bring, 
 On thy redeeming wing, 
 
 Healing and sight, 
 Health to the sick in mind, 
 Sight to the inly blind, — 
 Oh, now to all mankind 
 
 " Let there be light ! " 
 
 3 Spirit of truth and love, 
 Life-giving holy Dove! 
 
 Speed forth thy flight : 
 Move o'er the water's face, 
 Bearing the lamp of grace, 
 
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 And in earth's darkest place, 
 " Let there be light ! " 
 
 4 Blessed and holy Three, 
 All-glorious Trinity, — 
 
 Wisdom, Love, Might ! 
 Boundless as ocean's tide 
 Rolling in fullest pride, 
 Through the world, far and wide,- 
 
 " Let there be light ! " 
 
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 The Spirit's Striving. 
 
 While on thy heart is falling 
 The Saviour's gentle calling, 
 
 Come, come to-day ! 
 Ere evil's hold is stronger, 
 When thou wilt heed no longer, 
 
 Why not obey ? 
 
 Why not to-day ? 
 
 2 Thy heart is sorely needing 
 To listen to his pleading — 
 
 Wherefore delay ? 
 Will waiting bring thee nearer, 
 Or make thy vision clearer 
 
 To see the way ? 
 
 Oh, come to-day ! 
 
 3 Behold, the Spirit knoweth 
 What strong temptation groweth 
 
 Across thy way : 
 
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 And prayer for strength in trial 
 Hath never met denial \ 
 
 Oh, then, to-day 
 
 Turn not away ! 
 
 4 Neglected, scorned, and hated, 
 Was ever friend who waited 
 
 Such long delay ? 
 Oh, come, thy wrong confessing, 
 Nor put thy day of blessing 
 
 Too far away : 
 
 Oh, come to-day ! 
 
 The Baptism of the Spirit. 
 
 Hail ! thou God of grace and glory ! 
 
 Who thy name hast magnified, 
 By redemption's wondrous story, 
 
 By the Saviour crucified ; 
 Thanks to thee for every blessing 
 
 Flowing from the Fount of love ; 
 Thanks for present good unceasing, 
 
 And for hopes of bliss above. 
 
 2 Hear us, as thus bending lowly. 
 
 Near thy bright and burning throne, 
 We invoke thee, God most holy 1 
 
 Through thy well-beloved Son; 
 Send the baptism of thy Spirit, 
 
 Shed the pentecostal fire ; 
 Let us all thy grace inherit, 
 
 Waken, crown each good desire. 
 
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 3 Bind thy people, Lord ! in union, 
 
 With the sevenfold cord of love ; 
 Breathe a spirit of communion 
 
 With the glorious hosts above ; 
 Let thy work be seen progressing : 
 
 Bow each heart, and bend each knee, 
 Till the world, thy truth possessing, 
 
 Celebrates its jubilee. 
 
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 " Come with us to stay ! " 
 
 Holy Spirit ! hear us 
 
 On this Sabbath day; 
 Come to us with blessing, 
 
 Come with us to stay : 
 Come, as once thou earnest 
 
 To the faithful few, 
 Patiently awaiting 
 
 Jesus' promise true. 
 
 2 Up to heaven ascending 
 Our dear Lord has gone ; 
 
 Yet his little children 
 Leaves he not alone. 
 
 To his blessed promise 
 Now in faith we cling ; — 
 
 Comforter, most holy ! 
 Spread o'er us thy wing 
 
 3 Lighten thou our darkness, 
 Be thyself our light ; 
 
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 Strengthen thou our weakness, 
 
 Spirit of all might ! 
 In our doubt give counsel, 
 
 In temptation aid; 
 Say to us in danger, 
 
 " Be not ye afraid ! n 
 
 4 Spirit of adoption ! 
 
 Make us overflow 
 With thy sevenfold blessing, 
 
 And in grace to grow ; 
 " Into Chris% baptized," 
 
 Grant that we may be, 
 Day and night, dear Spirit, 
 
 Perfected by thee ! 
 
 " He hath borne our iniquities." 
 
 I lay my sins on Jesus, 
 
 The spotless Lamb of God; 
 
 He bears them all and frees us 
 From the accursed load : 
 
 1 bring my guilt to Jesus, 
 
 To wash my crimson stains 
 White, in his blood most precious, 
 Till not a stain remans. 
 
 2 I lay my wants on Jesus ; 
 All fulness dwells in him ; 
 
 He healeth my diseases, 
 He doth my soul redeem : 
 
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 I lay my griefs on Jesus, 
 My burdens and my cares; 
 
 He from them all releases, 
 He all my sorrows shares. 
 
 3 I rest my soul on Jesus, 
 This weary soul of mine ; 
 
 His right hand me embraces, 
 I on his breast recline : 
 
 I love the name of Jesus, 
 Immanuel, Christ, the Lord ; 
 
 Like fragrance an the breezes, 
 His name abroad is poured. 
 
 4 I long to be like Jesus, 
 Meek, loving, lowly, mild ; 
 
 I long to be like Jesus, 
 The Father's holy child : 
 
 I long to be with Jesus 
 Amid the heavenly throng, 
 
 To sing with saints his praises, 
 And learn the angels' song. 
 
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 God's Welcome. 
 
 There 's a wideness in God's mercy, 
 Like the wideness of the sea : 
 
 There 's a kindness in his justice, 
 Which is more than liberty. 
 
 There is welcome for the sinner, 
 And more graces for the good ; 
 
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 There is mercy with the Saviour ; 
 There is healing in his blood. 
 
 2 There is no place where earth's sorrows 
 Are more felt than up in heaven ; 
 
 There is no place where earth's failings 
 Have such kindly judgment given. 
 
 There is plentiful redemption 
 
 In the blood that has been shed ; 
 
 There is joy for all the members 
 In the sorrows of the Head. 
 
 3 For the love of God is broader 
 Than the measure of man's mind; 
 
 And the heart of the Eternal 
 
 Is most wonderfully kind. 
 If our love were but more simple, 
 
 We should take him at his word ; 
 And our lives would be all sunshine 
 
 In the sweetness of our Lord. 
 
 J-tMJ " I am the Light" 
 
 The whole world was lost in the darkness of sin; 
 
 The light of the world is Jesus ; 
 Like sunshine at noon-day his glory shone in, 
 
 The light of the world is Jesus. 
 
 Ref. — Come to the light, 't is shining for thee; 
 Sweetly the light has dawned upon me ; 
 Once I was blind, but now I can see : 
 The light of the world is Jesus. 
 
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 2 No darkness have we who in Jesus abide, 
 The light of the world is Jesus; 
 
 We walk in the light when we follow our guide 
 The light of the world is Jesus. 
 
 3 No need of the sunlight in heaven, we 're told, 
 The light of the world is Jesus ; 
 
 The Lamb is the light in the City of Gold, 
 The light of the world is Jesus. 
 
 lOl uffis beautiful Facer 
 
 Oh, come to the merciful Saviour that calls you, 
 Oh, come to the Lord who forgives and 
 forgets \ 
 Though dark be the fortune on earth that befalls 
 you, 
 There 's a bright home above where the sun 
 never sets. 
 
 Ref. — Oh, come then to Jesus, whose arms are 
 extended 
 To fold his dear children in closest 
 embrace ; 
 Oh, come, for your exile will shortly be 
 ended, 
 And Jesus will show you his beautiful 
 face. 
 
 2 Come, come to his feet and lay open your story 
 Of suffering and sorrow, of guilt and of shame; 
 
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 For the pardon of sin is the crown of his glory, 
 And the joy of our Lord to be true to his name. 
 
 3 Then come to the Saviour, whose mercy 
 
 grows brighter 
 
 The longer you look at the depths of his love; 
 
 And fear not — 't is Jesus, and life's cares grow 
 
 lighter 
 
 As you think of the home and the glory above. 
 
 ■lva Tfr e Crown of Life. 
 
 Childhood's years are passing o'er us, 
 
 Youthful days will soon be done; 
 Cares and sorrows lie before us, 
 
 Hidden dangers, snares unknown. 
 Oh, may he who, meek and lowly, 
 
 Trod himself this vale of woe, 
 Make us his, and make us holy, 
 
 Guard and guide us while we go. 
 
 2 Hark ! it is the Saviour calling, 
 
 " Little children, follow me ! " 
 Jesus, keep our feet from falling ; 
 
 Teach us all to follow thee. 
 Soon we part — it may be never, 
 
 Never here to meet again ; 
 Oh, to meet in heaven for ever ! 
 
 Oh, the crown of life to gain ! 
 
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 ±VO Guidance. 
 
 Gently, Lord, oh, gently lead us 
 
 Through this lonely vale of tears, 
 Through the changes thou 'st decreed us, 
 
 Till our last great change appears ; 
 When temptation's darts assail us, 
 
 When in devious paths we stray, 
 Let thy goodness never fail us, 
 
 Lead us in thy perfect way. 
 
 2 In the hour of pain and anguish, 
 
 In the hour when death draws near, 
 Suffer not our hearts to languish, 
 
 Suffer not our souls to fear ; 
 And when mortal life is ended, 
 
 Bid us in thine arms to rest, 
 Till, by angel bands attended, 
 
 We awake among the blest. 
 
 ■*- U "^ il Iji the way we should go. ' ' 
 
 Bv cool Siloam's shady rill 
 
 How fair the lily grows ; 
 How sweet the breath beneath the hill 
 
 Of Sharon's dewy rose. 
 Lo, such the child whose early feet 
 
 The paths of peace have trod, 
 Whose secret heart, with influence sweet, 
 
 Is upward drawn to God. 
 
 2 By cool Siloam's shady rill 
 The lily must decay ; 
 
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 lie rose that blooms beneath the hill 
 Must shortly fade away. 
 ..d soon, too soon, the wintry hour 
 Of man's maturer age 
 May shake the soul with sorrow's power, 
 And stormy passion's rage. 
 
 3 O thou, whose infant feet were found 
 
 Within thy Father's shrine, 
 Whose years, with changeless virtue crowned, 
 
 Were all alike divine ! 
 Dependent on thy bounteous breath, 
 
 We seek thy grace alone, 
 In childhood, manhood, age, and death, 
 
 To keep us still thine own. 
 
 J- 1>0 Before the Cross. 
 
 Sweet the moments, rich in blessing, 
 
 Which before the cross we spend; 
 Life, and health, and peace possessing, 
 
 From the sinner's dying Friend. 
 Truly blessed is this station, 
 
 Low before his cross to lie, 
 While we see divine compassion 
 
 Beaming in his gracious eye. 
 
 2 Love and grief our hearts dividing, 
 With our tears his feet we bathe; 
 
 Constant still, in faith abiding, 
 Life deriving from his death. 
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 For thy sorrows we adore thee, 
 
 For the pains that wrought our peace ; 
 
 Gracious Saviour ! we implore thee 
 In our souls thy love increase. 
 
 3 Here we feel our sins forgiven, 
 
 While upon the Lamb we gaze; 
 And our thoughts are all of heaven, 
 
 And our lips o'erflow with praise. 
 Still in ceaseless contemplation, 
 
 Fix our hearts and eyes on thee, 
 Till we taste thy full salvation, 
 
 And, unvailed, thy glories see. 
 
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 Willing at Last. 
 
 Saviour, I am willing now, 
 
 Lo, I come to thee! 
 In divine compassion thou 
 
 Camest unto me. 
 Long, without my prison-gate, 
 Thou didst watch, and call, and wait, 
 Oh, I thank thee, not too late — 
 
 Thou wilt set me free ! 
 
 2 What am I, who seek thy face, 
 
 Burdened with my grief? 
 What have I to claim thy grace— 
 
 I, of sinners chief? 
 Can it be thou wilt relieve ? 
 Can it be thou wilt receive ? 
 
 
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 Blessed Jesus, I believe — 
 Help my unbelief! 
 
 3 Why should I thy mercy doubt ? 
 
 Through my fleeting years 
 Thou hast stood and knocked without, 
 
 Sought my soul with tears : 
 Now, at last, I will obey ; 
 Trust in thee to choose my way- 
 Saviour, hold my hand, I pray, 
 
 While I follow thee ! 
 
 ■■■ ^ ■ Clea?ising from Shi . 
 
 Lord Jesus, I long to be perfectly whole ; 
 
 1 want thee for ever to live in my soul ; 
 Break down every idol, cast out every foe; 
 Now wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. 
 
 Cho. — Whiter than snow, yes, whiter than 
 snow ; 
 Xow wash me, and I shall be whiter 
 than snow. 
 
 2 Lord Jesus, look down from thy throne in 
 
 the skies, 
 And help me to make a complete sacrifice; 
 I give up myself, and whatever I know — 
 Xow wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. 
 
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 3 Lord Jesus, for this I most humbly entreat ; 
 I wait, blessed Lord, at thy crucified feet; 
 
 By faith, for my cleansing I see thy blood flow — 
 Now wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. 
 
 4 Lord Jesus, thou seest I patiently wait ; 
 Come now, and within me a new heart create ; 
 To those who have sought thee, thou never 
 
 said'st No — 
 Now wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. 
 
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 Give up all. 
 
 Give up all for Jesus, 
 
 Weary child of sin ! 
 What are earthly pleasures, 
 
 If his love you win ? 
 What are all the riches 
 
 That the world can give, 
 When compared to heaven, 
 
 Where the just shall live ? 
 
 Ref. — Give up all for Jesus ; 
 
 Oh, take salvation free ! 
 Give up all for Jesus; 
 He gave his life for thee ! 
 
 2 Give up all for Jesus ! 
 
 He is calling you ; 
 Trust in his salvation, 
 
 He will lead you through ; 
 
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 Jesus' blood so precious 
 
 Can for you avail ; 
 Plead his gracious promise — 
 
 It shall never fail. 
 
 3 Give up all for Jesus, 
 Keeping back no part ! 
 
 Give your best affections. 
 
 Give him all your heart : 
 For your full redemption 
 
 He has paid the cost ; 
 Come, while he is waiting, 
 
 Or you must be lost ! 
 
 4 Wondrous gifts he offers ! 
 Bliss without alloy ; 
 
 Earth exchanged for heaven — 
 
 Grief for endless joy : 
 Come, for he is calling, 
 
 Swift the moments fly ; 
 Hasten to the Saviour, 
 
 He is passing by ! 
 
 Penitence. 
 
 A broken, contrite heart, O Lord, 
 
 Thou never wilt despise; 
 And those who seek shall not depart 
 
 Without the promised prize. 
 Our humble, needy spirit, dumb 
 
 With shame, forbids to speak, 
 
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 And only through thy risen Son 
 Would we thy favor seek. 
 
 Ref. — O Father, hear our humble prayer 1 
 To thee our every need we bear; 
 We turn, we look to thee alone, 
 Now pleading at thy throne. 
 
 2 Thou knowest every earthly need, 
 Thou hast a plenteous store ; 
 
 Oh, to thy heavenly pasture lead, 
 
 And feed us evermore ! 
 We have no worthiness to bring — 
 
 We 're all unrighteousness ; 
 But simply to thy promise cling, 
 
 And our petition press. 
 
 3 O God, forsake thy children not ! 
 For now we need thee most ; 
 
 Oh, be thy promise ne'er forgot, 
 
 In thee alone we boast. 
 Oh, lift thy mighty arm to save 
 
 Thy humble child below ! 
 Thy Holy Spirit, Lord, we crave, 
 
 Oh, bless us ere we go. 
 
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 - 1 - • v Accepted in Christ. 
 
 Saviour, where so oft, unheeding, 
 We have turned from thee aside, 
 
 Would we come, our sins confessing, 
 Seeking pardon at thy side. 
 
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 We would hear again thy message; 
 
 We would take the proffered life; 
 We are weary with contending, 
 
 Thou hast conquered in the strife. 
 
 2 In the dust we trail our banners, 
 
 Ever} 7 weapon casting down ; 
 Open wide thine arms of mercy, 
 
 Make thy glad forgiveness known ! 
 Blessed thought — at peace with Jesus, 
 
 With my Saviour reconciled ! 
 Wake my heart in glad rejoicings, 
 
 Christ receives his wandering child. 
 
 -*■ • -*- "Take my Hearth 
 
 Take my heart, O Father ! take it ; 
 
 Make and keep it all thine own ; 
 Let thy Spirit melt and break it — 
 
 This proud heart of sin and stone. 
 Father, make me pure and lowly. 
 
 Fond of peace and far from strife ; 
 Turning from the paths unholy 
 
 Of this vain and sinful life. 
 
 2 Ever let thy grace surround me, 
 Strengthen me with power divine. 
 
 Till thy cords of love have bound me : 
 Make me to be wholly thine. 
 
 May the blood of Jesus heal me, 
 And my sins be all forgiven ; 
 
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 Holy Spirit, take and seal me, 
 Guide me in the path to heaven. 
 
 The Tares. 
 
 Satan the seed is sowing — 
 So earnestly sowing, sowing — 
 Tares with the wheat are growing, 
 Together growing here. 
 
 Ref. — And the angels will gather — 
 By and by, by and by — 
 The tares for the burning, 
 And the wheat for the sky ! 
 
 2 God for the wheat is caring — 
 So tenderly caring, caring — 
 Though till the harvest sparing 
 
 The tares which now appear. 
 
 3 Souls are the wheat he 's keeping — 
 So lovingly keeping, keeping — 
 Safe for the time of reaping, 
 
 And garners built above. 
 
 4 Harvest the tares will sever — 
 Eternally sever, sever — 
 Then may we be for ever 
 
 Safe in the Master's love. 
 
 Ref. — For the angels will gather — 
 By and by, by and by — 
 The tares for the burning, 
 And the wheat for the sky ! 
 
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 1 7Q 
 
 -*■ l u "Acquaint thyself." 
 
 Acquaint thyself quickly, O sinner, with God, 
 And joy, like the sunshine, shall beam on thy 
 
 road, 
 And peace, like the dewdrop, shall fall on thy 
 
 head, 
 And sleep, like an angel, shall visit thy bed. 
 
 2 Acquaint thyself quickly, O sinner, with 
 
 God, 
 And he shall be with thee when fears are 
 
 abroad ; 
 Thy Safeguard in danger that threatens thy 
 
 path; 
 Thy Joy in the valley and shadow of death. 
 
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 •*- " *■ " f made haste." 
 
 Delay not, delay not, O sinner, draw near, 
 The waters of life are now flowing for thee ; 
 
 No price is demanded — the Saviour is here, 
 Redemption is purchased, salvation is free. 
 
 2 Delay not, delay not, O sinner, to come, 
 For Mercy still lingers and calls thee to-day : 
 
 Her voice is not heard in the vale of the tomb ; 
 Her message unheeded will soon pass away. 
 
 3 Delay not, delay not : the Spirit of grace, 
 Long grieved and resisted, may take his sad 
 
 flight, 
 
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 And leave thee in darkness to finish thy race — 
 To sink in the gloom of eternity's night. 
 
 4 Delay not, delay not : the hour is at hand, 
 The earth shall dissolve and the heavens 
 shall fade, 
 The dead, small and great, in the judgment 
 shall stand ; 
 What power then, O sinner, will lend thee 
 its aid ! 
 
 1 ■ & A Child's Prayer. 
 
 Jesus, tender Saviour, hast thou died for me ? 
 Make me very thankful in my heart to thee : 
 When the sad, sad story of thy grief I read, 
 Make me very sorry for my sins indeed. 
 
 2 Now I know thou lovest, and dost plead for 
 
 me, 
 Make me very thankful in my prayers to thee: 
 Soon I hope in glory at thy side to stand ; 
 Make me fit to meet thee in that happy land. 
 
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 Day is Over. 
 
 Now the day is over, 
 Night is drawing nigh, 
 
 Shadows of the evening 
 Steal across the sky. 
 
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 2 Jesus, give the weary 
 Calm and sweet repose ; 
 
 With thy tenderest blessing 
 May our eyelids close. 
 
 3 Grant to little children 
 Visions bright of thee; 
 
 Guard the sailor tossing 
 On the deep blue sea. 
 
 4 Through the long night watches, 
 May thine angels spread 
 
 Their white wings above me, 
 Watching round my bed. 
 
 5 When the morning wakens, 
 Then may I arise, 
 
 Pure and fresh and sinless 
 In thy holy eyes. 
 
 1 ' Room for Jesus" 
 
 Soul, arise ! and give Christ room j 
 Not alone thy days of gloom ; 
 Not when sinks the setting sun ; 
 Xot when all thy work is done. 
 
 Ref. — Room for Jesus ! give him room ! 
 Open wide each heart and home ! 
 Let his banner be unfurled, 
 Through the kingdoms of the world! 
 
 2 Give thy brightest, noblest powers ; 
 Give thy purest, sweetest hours; 
 
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 Give thy will, thy mind, thy heart; 
 Give to Jesus all thou art. 
 
 3 Then 't will be his time to give 
 More than mortals can conceive; 
 Rooms within his mansions fair, 
 Where all precious blessings are. 
 
 ■*■ ' ^ "Follow me." 
 
 Jesus calls us o'er the tumult 
 Of our life's wild, restless sea ; 
 
 Day by day his sweet voice soundeth, 
 Saying, Christian, follow me ! 
 
 2 Jesus calls us — from the worship 
 Of the vain world's golden store ; 
 
 From each idol that would keep us — 
 Saying, Christian, love me more ! 
 
 3 In our joys and in our sorrows, 
 Days of toil and hours of ease, 
 
 Still he calls, in cares and pleasures, — 
 Christian, love me more than these ! 
 
 4 Jesus calls us ! by thy mercies, 
 Saviour, may we hear thy call ; 
 
 Give our hearts to thy obedience, 
 Serve and love thee best of all. 
 
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 " Peace is best" 
 
 " Be at peace ! " 
 
 Life is but a transient lease, 
 
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 Never long enough for hate, 
 
 Sharp contention or debate; 
 In the land to which we 're going, 
 Just beyond the river flowing, 
 We are told the dwellers never 
 Through the long and bright for ever 
 
 Know a tumult or a jar, — 
 
 Life is tranquil as a star; 
 On his height 
 
 Sits the King of Peace in light. 
 
 2 " Be at peace ! " 
 
 Lo, the angry billows cease, 
 When the Master cometh near, 
 Turning back the storm in fear ; 
 
 Let him hold his sceptre o'er thee, 
 
 As his banner goes before thee ; 
 
 Follow thou with high endeavor 
 
 To the hills of joy for ever ; 
 With thy comrades on the way 
 Weep and suffer, work and pray ; 
 
 Peace descends 
 On all true, abiding friends. 
 
 3 " Be at peace ! " 
 
 Comes a time with long increase, 
 When the nations shall unite 
 On the broader field of light ; 
 
 We are on our journey thither, 
 
 Let us live in peace together ; 
 
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 In the temple, glory -lighted, 
 With our comrades reunited, 
 Oh, it will be sweet to know 
 Heaven with us began below ! 
 
 Peace is best ! 
 Earnest of eternal rest. 
 
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 " Fearno more'* 
 
 Oh, how shall I receive thee, 
 
 How meet thee on thy way; 
 Blest hope of every nation, 
 
 My souPs delight and stay ? 
 O Jesus, Jesus, give me 
 
 Now, by thine own pure light, 
 To know whate'er is pleasing 
 
 And welcome in thy sight. 
 
 2 Thy Zion palms is strewing, 
 And branches fresh and fair ; 
 
 My soul, in praise awaking, 
 Her anthem shall prepare. 
 
 Perpetual thanks and praises 
 
 Forth from my heart shall spring; 
 
 And to thy name the service 
 Of all my powers I bring. 
 
 3 Ye, who with guilty terror 
 Are trembling, fear no more: 
 
 With love and grace the Saviour 
 Shall you to hope restore. 
 
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 He comes, who contrite sinners 
 Will with the children place, 
 
 The children of his Father, 
 The heirs of life and grace. 
 
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 1 ' Love each other." 
 
 Axgry words'! oh, let them never 
 From the tongue unbridled slip ; 
 
 May the heart's best impulse ever 
 Check them, ere they soil the lip. 
 
 Cho. — "Love one another," thus saith the 
 Saviour, 
 
 Children, obey the Father's blest com- 
 mand; 
 
 " Love one another," thus saith the 
 Saviour, 
 
 Children obey his blest command. 
 
 2 Love is much too pure and holy; 
 Friendship is too sacred far, 
 
 For a moment's reckless folly 
 Thus to desolate and mar. 
 
 3 Angry words are lightly spoken ; 
 Bitterest thoughts are rashly stirred — 
 
 Brightest links of life are broken, 
 By a single angry word. 
 
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 1 ft 9 
 
 - LOi ^ The sweet story. 
 
 1 think, when I read that sweet story of old, 
 When Jesus was here among men, 
 
 How he called little children as lambs to his fold, 
 I should like to have been with them then. 
 
 2 I wish that his hands had been placed on 
 
 my head, 
 That his arm had been thrown around me, 
 And that I might have seen his kind look when 
 
 he said, 
 " Let the little ones come unto me." 
 
 3 Yet still to his footstool in prayer I may go, 
 And ask for a share in his love ; 
 
 And if I now earnestly seek him below, 
 I shall see him and hear him above — 
 
 4 In that beautiful place he is gone to prepare 
 For all who are washed and forgiven : 
 
 And many dear children are gathering there, 
 " For of such is the kingdom of heaven." 
 
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 " Why wilt thou die." 
 
 Child of sin and sorrow ! 
 
 Filled with dismay, 
 Wait not for to-morrow ; 
 
 Yield thee to-day : 
 
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 Heaven bids thee come, 
 While yet there 's room ; 
 Child of sin and sorrow ! 
 Hear and obey. 
 
 2 Child of sin and sorrow, 
 Why wilt thou die ? 
 
 Come while thou canst borrow 
 
 Help from on high : 
 Grieve not that love 
 Which from above, 
 Child of sin and sorrow, 
 
 Would bring thee nigh. 
 
 3 Child of sin and sorrow, 
 Thy moments glide 
 
 Like the flitting arrow, 
 
 Or rushing tide ! 
 Ere time is o'er, 
 Heaven's grace implore ; 
 Child of sin and sorrow, 
 
 In Christ confide. 
 
 The Dizine Protection. 
 
 Call Jehovah thy salvation, 
 
 Rest beneath t'h' Almighty's shade, 
 In his secret habitation 
 
 Dwell, and never be dismayed : 
 There no tumult can alarm thee, 
 
 Thou shalt dread no hidden snare ; 
 
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 Guile nor violence can harm thee 
 In eternal safeguard there. 
 
 2 From the sword, at noonday wasting, 
 From the noisome pestilence, 
 
 In the depth of midnight, blasting, 
 God shall be thy sure defence : 
 
 Fear not thou the deadly quiver, 
 When a thousand feel the blow ; 
 
 Mercy shall thy soul deliver, 
 
 Though ten thousand be laid low. 
 
 3 Since, with pure and firm affection, 
 Thou on God hast set thy love, 
 
 With the wings of his protection 
 He will shield thee from above ; 
 
 Thou shalt call on him in trouble, 
 He will hearken, he will save ; 
 
 Here, for grief, reward thee double, 
 Crown with life beyond the grave. 
 
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 11 The true Light." 
 
 Light of those whose dreary dwelling 
 
 Borders on the shades of death ! 
 Rise on us, thy love revealing, 
 
 Dissipate the clouds beneath : 
 Thou, of heaven and earth Creator, 
 
 In our deepest darkness rise, — 
 Scattering all the night of nature, 
 
 Pouring day upon our eyes. 
 
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 2 Still we wait for thine appearing; 
 Life and joy thy beams impart, 
 
 Chasing all our fears, and cheering 
 
 Every poor benighted heart : 
 Come and manifest thy favor 
 
 To the ransomed, helpless race : 
 Come, thou glorious God and Saviour ! 
 
 Come, and bring the gospel grace. 
 
 3 Save us in thy great compassion, 
 O thou mild, pacific Prince ! 
 
 Give the knowledge of salvation, 
 
 Give the pardon of our sins ; 
 By thine all-sufficient merit, 
 
 Every burdened soul release ; 
 Every weary, wandering spirit, 
 
 Guide into thy perfect peace. 
 
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 Resting in God. 
 
 Since thy Father's arm sustains thee, 
 
 Peaceful be; 
 When a chastening hand restrains thee, 
 
 It is he ! 
 Know his love in full completeness 
 Fills the measure of thy weakness ; 
 If he wound thy spirit sore, 
 
 Trust him more. 
 
 2 Without murmur, uncomplaining, 
 In his hand 
 
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 Lay whatever things thou canst not 
 
 Understand : 
 Though the world thy folly spurneth, 
 From thy faith in pity turneth, 
 Peace thy inmost soul shall fill — 
 
 Lying still. 
 
 3 Fearest sometimes that thy Father 
 
 Hath forgot ? 
 When the clouds around thee gather, 
 
 Doubt him not ! 
 Always hath the daylight broken — 
 Always hath he comfort spoken — 
 Better hath he been for years, 
 
 Than thy fears. 
 
 4 To his own thy Saviour giveth 
 
 Daily strength ; 
 To each troubled soul that liveth 
 
 Peace at length : 
 Weakest lambs have largest sharing 
 Of this tender Shepherd's caring ; 
 Ask him not, then — when or how — 
 
 Only bow. 
 
 1 ° ■ " They went and told Jesus. " 
 
 Go and tell Jesus, weary, sin-sick soul ! 
 He '11 ease thee of thy burden, make thee whole; 
 Look up to him — he only can forgive; 
 Believe on him, and thou shalt surely live. 
 
 
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 Rkf. — Go and tell Jesus — he only can forgive; 
 Go and tell Jesus, oh, turn to him and 
 
 live. 
 Go and tell Jesus, go and tell Jesus, 
 Go and tell Jesus — he only can forgive. 
 
 2 Go and tell Jesus, when your sins arise 
 Like mountains of dark guilt before your eyes : 
 His blood was spilt, his precious life he gave, 
 That mercy, peace, and pardon you should 
 
 have. 
 
 3 Go and tell Jesus! he '11 dispel thy fears, 
 Will calm thy doubts, and wipe away thy tears ; 
 Will take thee in his arms, and on his breast 
 Thou may'st be happy, and for ever rest. 
 
 •^^^ A Germa?i Trust Song. 
 
 Just as God leads me I would go; 
 
 I would not ask to choose my way, 
 Content with what he will bestow, 
 
 Assured he will not let me stray. 
 So as he leads, my path I make, 
 And step by step I gladly take, 
 
 A child in him confiding. 
 
 2 Just as God leads I am content, 
 I rest me calmly in his hands ; 
 
 That which he has decreed and sent — 
 That which his will for me commands, 
 
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 I would that he should all fulfil ; 
 That I should do his gracious will 
 In living or in dying. 
 
 3 Just as God leads, I will resign ; 
 
 I trust me to my Father's will ; 
 When reason's rays deceptive shine, 
 
 His counsel would I yet fulfil ; 
 That which his love ordained as right, 
 Before he brought me to the light, 
 
 My all to him resigning. 
 
 J- k J A Hymn of Trust. 
 
 1 cannot tell if short or long 
 My earthly journey be ; 
 
 But, all the way, I know thy rod 
 And staff will comfort me. 
 
 2 Though fierce temptations lie in wait, 
 What need have I to care ? 
 
 Thou wilt not suffer them to hurt 
 Beyond my strength to bear. 
 
 3 What storms may beat, what burdens fd 
 My soul would not avoid ; 
 
 Who follows thee, O Lord, may be 
 Cast down, but not destroyed. 
 
 4 Though over steep and rugged ways 
 My weary feet be brought, 
 
 Still following where thy footprints lead, 
 I take no anxious thought. 
 
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 5 Oh, perfect peace ! oh, endless rest ! 
 
 Xo care, no vain alarms; 
 Beneath my every cross I find 
 
 The Everlasting Arms. 
 
 -f-J^J Our Master. 
 
 Art thou weary, art thou languid, 
 
 Art thou sore distressed ? 
 " Come to me," saith One, u and coming, 
 Be at rest." 
 
 2 Hath he marks to lead me to him, 
 If he be my Guide ? — 
 
 " In his feet and hands are wound-prints, 
 And his side." 
 
 3 Is there diadem, as Monarch, 
 That his brow adorns ? — 
 
 " Yea, a crown, in very surety, 
 But of thorns." 
 
 4 If I find him, if I follow, 
 What his guerdon here ? — 
 
 " Many a sorrow, many a labor, 
 Many a tear." 
 
 5 If I still hold closely to him, 
 What hath he at last ? — 
 
 " Sorrow vanquished, labor ended, 
 Jordan passed." 
 
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 6 If I ask him to receive me, 
 Will he say me nay ? — 
 
 " Not till earth, and not till heaven 
 Pass away." 
 
 7 Finding, following, keeping, struggling, 
 Is he sure to bless ? — 
 
 Saints, apostles, prophets, martyrs, 
 Answer, " Yes." 
 
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 - 1 - ** - 1 - Clinging to Christ. 
 
 Holy Saviour ! Friend unseen, 
 Since on thine arm thou bid'st me lean, 
 Help me, throughout life's changing scene, 
 
 By faith to cling to thee ! 
 
 2 What though the world deceitful prove, 
 And earthly friends and hopes remove; 
 With patient, uncomplaining love, 
 
 Still would I cling to thee. 
 
 3 Though oft I seem to tread alone 
 Life's dreary waste, with thorns o'er grown, 
 Thy voice of love, in gentlest tone, 
 
 Still whispers, " Cling to me ! " 
 
 4 Though faith and hope are often tried, 
 
 1 ask not, need not, aught beside; 
 So safe, so calm, so satisfied, 
 
 The soul that clings to thee ! 
 
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 U^ Guidance. 
 
 Guide me, O thou great Jehovah, 
 Pilgrim through this barren land ; 
 
 1 am weak, but thou art mighty; 
 
 Hold me with thy powerful hand ; 
 Bread of heaven. 
 Feed me till I want no more. 
 
 2 Open thou the crystal fountain 
 Whence the healing streams do flow; 
 
 Let the fiery, cloudy pillar 
 
 Lead me all my journey through ; 
 Strong Deliverer, 
 Be thou still my Strength and Shield. 
 
 3 When I tread the verge of Jordan, 
 Bid my anxious fears subside; 
 
 Death of death ! and hell's Destruction ! 
 Land me safe on Canaan's side ; 
 Songs of praises 
 I will ever give to thee. 
 
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 x *-' u ■■ Lead thou me on I " 
 
 Lead, kindly Light ! amid the encircling gloom, 
 
 Lead thou me on ; 
 The night is dark, and I am far from home, 
 
 Lead thou me on; 
 Keep thou my feet ; I do not ask to see 
 The distant scene ; one step enough for me. 
 
 
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 2 I was not ever thus, nor prayed that thou 
 
 Shouldst lead me on ; 
 I loved to choose and see my path ; but now 
 
 Lead thou me on : 
 I loved the garish day, and, spite of fears, 
 Pride ruled my will. Remember not past years. 
 
 3 So long thy power has blessed me, sure it still 
 
 Will lead me on 
 O'er moor and fen, o'er crag and torrent, till 
 
 The night is gone ; 
 And with the morn those angel faces smile 
 Which I have loved long since, and lost awhile. 
 
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 ■*- ** -*- " Keep on Praying. 
 
 Long my spirit pined in sorrow, 
 
 Watching, waiting, all in vain ; 
 Waiting for a golden morrow, 
 
 Free from worldly care and pain ; 
 When I heard a sweet voice saying, 
 
 In the accents of a friend, 
 " Cheer up, brother, keep on praying, 
 
 Keep on praying to the end." 
 
 Cho. — When our wayward thoughts are 
 
 straying, 
 When God's mercy seems delaying, 
 Then in faith we '11 keep on praying, 
 Keep on praying, keep on praying, 
 
 Keep on praying to the end. 
 
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 2 Ye, who sigh for holy pleasures, 
 Ye, who mourn your load of sin, 
 
 " Keep on praying," heavenly treasures 
 In the end you 're sure to win ; 
 
 Wrestle with the Lord of glory, 
 Lay your troubles at his feet, 
 
 Plead with faith in Calvary's story, 
 Till your joys are all complete. 
 
 3 How the angel-band rejoices, 
 When a kneeling mortal prays : 
 
 Hear them cry, in heavenly voices, 
 " Keep on praying all your days 
 
 Pray until you reach fair Canaan, 
 Reach the pearly gates of day ; 
 
 Then your bliss shall end in glory, 
 And shall never pass away." 
 
 1^^ Daily Help. 
 
 Strength for to-day is our only need, 
 As there never will be a to-morrow ; 
 
 For to-morrow will prove but another to-day, 
 With its measure of gladness and sorrow. 
 
 Ref. — Strength for to-day, strength for to-day, 
 Ask, it shall freely be given — 
 Strength for to-day in the journev of 
 life, 
 And rest everlasting in heaven. 
 
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 2 Strength for to-day — that our precious youth 
 May be saved from sin's wily temptation ; 
 
 May be able to stand like a bulwark of truth, 
 Firmly built on the Rock of salvation. 
 
 3 Strength for to-day — that our weary hearts 
 In the battle for righteousness quail not ; 
 
 And the eyes that are shedding their penitent 
 tears 
 May behold the true light that shall fail not. 
 
 4 Strength for to-day — that in house and home 
 We may practice forbearance most sweetly; 
 
 There to scatter kind words from a pure loving 
 heart, 
 There to trust in God's promise completely. 
 
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 " Under his Shadow.'* 
 
 Saviour, let thy love for me 
 Keep me ever near to thee ; 
 Here I fear no evil thing, 
 In the shadow of thy wing. 
 
 2 When the storms of care and doubt 
 Toss my weary soul about, 
 
 Then I flee for sheltering 
 To the shadow of thy wing. 
 
 3 In the light too great for me, 
 Blind and faint I come to thee ; 
 
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 Then, dear Lord, how comforting 
 Is the shadow of thy wing. 
 
 4 When my sorest troubles be, 
 Let me hide myself in thee ; 
 Even sorrow then can bring 
 But the shadow of thy wing. 
 
 5 Soon the evening time will come, 
 Soon the darkness bring me home ; 
 Still my happy soul will sing, 
 'T is the shadow of thy wing. 
 
 6 Safe for ever to abide 
 Where the quiet waters glide, 
 Never more I need to cling 
 To the shadow of thy wing. 
 
 "Peace, be still ! " 
 
 Master, the tempest is raging ! 
 
 The billows are tossing high ! 
 The sky is o'ershadowed with blackness, 
 
 No shelter or help is nigh ; 
 u Carest thou not that we perish ? " 
 
 How canst thou lie asleep, 
 When each moment so madly is threatening 
 
 A, grave in the angry deep ? 
 Cho.— 
 
 The winds and the waves shall obey thy will, 
 
 Peace, be still ! 
 
 Whether the wrath of the storm-tossed sea, 
 
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 Or demons, or men, or whatever it be, 
 No waters can swallow the ship where lies 
 The Master of ocean, and earth, and skies ; 
 They all shall sweetly obey thy will, 
 Peace, be still ! Peace, be still ! 
 They all shall sweetly obey thy will, 
 Peace, peace, be still ! 
 
 2 Master, with anguish of spirit 
 I bow in my grief to-day ; 
 
 The depths of my sad heart are troubled— 
 
 Oh, waken and save, I pray ! 
 Torrents of sin and of anguish 
 
 Sweep o'er my sinking soul; 
 And I perish ! I perish ! dear Master — 
 
 Oh, hasten, and take control ! 
 
 3 Master, the terror is over, 
 The elements sweetly rest; 
 
 Earth's sun in the calm lake is mirrored, 
 And heaven 's within my breast ; 
 
 Linger, O blessed Redeemer ! 
 Leave me alone no more ; 
 
 And with joy I shall make the blest harbor, 
 And rest on the blissful shore. 
 
 lt/<3 Divi?ie Goodness. 
 
 Oh, trust in the goodness of God ! 
 
 He surely your needs will supply; 
 The poor widow's oil he increased — 
 
 His children he hears when they cry; 
 
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 The widow's cruse never once failed — 
 
 By ravens Elijah was fed; 
 And whoever trusts in the Lord 
 
 Shall never once suffer for bread. 
 
 Cho. — Then trust in the goodness of God ! 
 He is able your needs to supply ; 
 Trust now in his power to save, 
 For Jesus is now passing by. 
 
 2 How often God's children forget. 
 When wean-, and lonely, and cold, 
 
 The promises found in his word, 
 
 More precious than silver and gold : 
 
 <; Ye wean-, and helpless, and faint, 
 Come near unto me and find rest; 
 
 Come, all ye who hunger and thirst, 
 Ye all shall be filled and be blest ! " 
 
 3 Our Saviour is able to do 
 Exceeding abundantly more 
 
 Than all we can ask for or think ! 
 
 Then why should our wants press us sore ? 
 Christ also is able to make 
 
 All grace to abound unto you : — 
 •* All things whatsoever ye ask;'' 
 
 Believe, and his promise is true ! 
 
 ±tJtJ ''Keep me ever,** 
 
 Holy Father, thou hast taught me 
 I should live to thee alone; 
 
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 Year by year thy hand hath brought me 
 On through dangers oft unknown. 
 
 When I wandered, thou hast found me ; 
 When I doubted, sent me light ; 
 
 Still thine arm has been around me, 
 All my paths were in thy sight. 
 
 2 In the world will foes assail me, 
 Craftier, stronger far than I ; 
 
 And the strife may never fail me, 
 
 Well I know, before I die. 
 Therefore, Lord, I come believing 
 
 Thou canst give the power I need; 
 Through the prayer of faith receiving 
 
 Strength — the Spirit's strength, indeed. 
 
 3 I would trust in thy protection, 
 Wholly rest upon thine arm ; 
 
 Follow wholly thy direction, 
 
 Thou, mine only guard from harm ! 
 
 Keep me from mine own undoing, 
 Help me turn to thee when tried; 
 
 Still my footsteps, Father, viewing, 
 Keep me ever at thy side. 
 
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 Prayer for Grace. 
 
 Gracious Spirit, dwell with me, — 
 I myself would gracious be; 
 And, with words that help and heal, 
 Would thy life in mine reveal ; 
 
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 And, with actions bold and meek, 
 Would, for Christ, my Saviour, speak. 
 
 2 Truthful Spirit, dwell with me, 
 I myself would truthful be; 
 And, with wisdom kind and clear, 
 Let thy life in mine appear ; 
 And, with actions brotherly, 
 Speak my Lord's sincerity. 
 
 3 Tender Spirit, dwell with me, — 
 I myself would tender be ; 
 
 Shut my heart up like a flower 
 At temptation's darksome hour; 
 Open it, when shines the sun, 
 And his love by fragrance own. 
 
 4 Holy Spirit, dwell with me, — 
 I myself would holy be ; 
 Separate from sin, I would 
 Choose and cherish all things good ; 
 And whatever I can be 
 
 Give to him who gave me thee. 
 
 Praise for Benefits. 
 
 For the beauty of the earth, 
 
 For the glory of the skies, 
 For the love which from our birth 
 
 Over and around us lies : 
 Lord of all, to thee we raise 
 This our grateful psalm of praise. 
 
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 2 For the wonder of each hour 
 Of the day and of the night; 
 
 Hill and vale, and tree and flower, 
 
 Sun and moon, and stars of light; 
 Lord of all, to thee we raise 
 This our grateful psalm of praise. 
 
 3 For the joy of human love, 
 Brother, sister, parent, child ; 
 
 Friends on earth, and friends above, 
 
 Pleasures pure and undefiled ; 
 Lord of all, to thee we raise 
 This our grateful psalm of praise. 
 
 4 For thy church that evermore 
 Lifts her holy hands above, 
 
 Offering up on every shore 
 
 Her pure sacrifice of love ; 
 Lord of all, to thee we raise 
 This our grateful psalm of praise. 
 
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 Giving of Thanks. 
 
 Grander than ocean's story, 
 
 Or songs of forest trees — 
 Purer than breath of morning, 
 
 Or evening's gentle breeze — 
 Clearer than mountain echoes 
 
 Ring out from peaks above — 
 Rolls on the glorious anthem 
 
 Of God's eternal love. 
 
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 2 Dearer than any lovings 
 The truest friends bestow; 
 
 Stronger than all the yearnings 
 A mother's heart can know ; 
 
 Deeper than earth's foundations, 
 And far above all thought ; 
 
 Broader than heaven's high arches — 
 The love that Christ has brought. 
 
 3 Richer than all earth's treasure 
 The wealth my soul receives ; 
 
 Brighter than royal jewels 
 The crown that Jesus gives ; 
 
 Wondrous the condescension, 
 And grace beyond degree ! 
 
 I would be ever singing 
 The love of Christ to me. 
 
 "What then?" 
 
 After the Christian's tears, 
 After his fights and fears, 
 After his weary cross, 
 All things below but loss — 
 
 What then ? 
 Oh, then, a holy calm, 
 Resting on Jesus' arm ! 
 Oh, then, a deeper love 
 For the pure home above ! 
 
 2 After this holy calm, 
 This rest on Jesus' arm, 
 
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 After this deepened love 
 For the pure home above — 
 
 What then ? 
 Oh, then, hard work for him 
 Immortal souls to win : 
 Then Jesus' presence near, 
 'Death's darkest hour to cheer. 
 
 3 And when the work is done, 
 When the last soul is won, 
 When Jesus' love and power 
 Have cheered the dying hour — 
 
 What then ? 
 Oh, then, the crown is given ! 
 Oh, then, the rest in heaven ! 
 Then life in endless day, 
 When death has passed away. 
 
 ~* ^^ " As thy days. ' ' 
 
 Faint not, normal ter in the way 
 That leadeth to thy perfect home ; 
 
 The night must come before the day, 
 Rest seemeth sweet to those who roam; 
 
 And God has left this word with thee, 
 
 That " as thy day, thy strength shall be." 
 
 2 Grief may distress thine inmost heart, 
 Long-trusted friends may fickle prove : — 
 
 Not sorrow's sting, nor traitor's dart, 
 Shall e'er thy steadfast spirit move ; 
 
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 Because this promise dwells with thee, 
 " As is thy day, thy strength shall be." 
 
 3 Pain may thine earthly ease displace, 
 Disease enfeeble all thy powers ; 
 
 Ev'n cheerful hope may vail her face, 
 
 And lingering moments seem as hours ; 
 Yet still this promise is to thee, 
 " As is thy day, thy strength shall be." 
 
 4 Then trust thy God whate'er betide ! 
 Xone ever knew his promise fail ; 
 
 His angel, ever at thy side, 
 
 Shall help thy patience to prevail • 
 Forebode no ill, for thou shalt see 
 That " as thy day, thy strength shall be." 
 
 *-^<-' Communion with Christ. 
 
 Nobody knows what I have in my heart 
 Since Jesus the Master has come : 
 
 And deigns, in a soul so unworthy as mine, 
 To abide and make it his home. 
 
 Ref. — He only knows, he only knows, 
 
 He only knows what I have in my 
 heart ; 
 He only knows, he only knows — 
 No one knows but Jesus. 
 
 2 Nobody knows what I have in my heart ! 
 A fountain of rapturous joys ; 
 
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 A faith that exultantly bears me aloft 
 Over earth and its glittering toys, 
 
 3 Nobody knows what I have in my heart, 
 Since Christ turned my darkness to light ; 
 
 His presence illumines the depths of my soul 
 With a glory that scatters the night. 
 
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 Only our Love, 
 
 To do thy holy will, 
 
 To bear thy cross, 
 To trust thy mercy still 
 
 In pain or loss — 
 Poor gifts are these to bring, 
 
 Dear Lord, to thee, 
 Who hast done everything 
 
 For me — for me ! 
 
 2 For thy beloved Son, 
 And precious word — 
 
 For all thy goodness done 
 
 On earth, O Lord ! 
 For leave that I may live — 
 
 Blest boon of thine — 
 What recompense can give 
 
 This heart of mine ? 
 
 3 Thou who, enthroned above, 
 Dost hear my call, 
 
 Oh, can my faithful love 
 Pay thee for all ? 
 
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 Poor recompense to bring, 
 
 Dear Lord, to thee, 
 Who hast done everything 
 
 For me — for me ! 
 
 11 Clean seth from all Sin." 
 
 I AM coming to the cross ; 
 
 I am poor and weak and blind ; 
 
 1 am counting all but dross ; 
 
 I shall full salvation find. 
 
 Ref. — I am trusting, Lord, in thee, 
 Dear Lamb of Calvary; 
 Humbly at thy cross I bow ; 
 Save me, Jesus, save me now. 
 
 2 Long my heart has sighed for thee ; 
 Long has evil dwelt within; 
 
 Jesus sweetly speaks to me, 
 I will cleanse you from all snu 
 
 3 Here I give my all to thee, — 
 Friends and time and earthly store ; 
 
 Soul and body thine to be — 
 Wholly thine for evermore. 
 
 4 In the promises I trust ; 
 Now I feel the blood applied; 
 
 I am prostrate in the dust; 
 I with Christ am crucified. 
 
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 «vJO "Jesus is waiting.'* 
 
 Come, oh, come with thy broken heart, 
 
 Weary and worn with care; 
 Come and kneel at the open door, 
 
 Jesus is waiting there: 
 Waiting to heal thy wounded soul, 
 
 Waiting to give thee rest; 
 Why wilt thou walk where shadows fall ? 
 
 Come to his loving breast. 
 
 Cho. — Come, oh, come with thy broken heart, 
 _ Weary and worn with care; 
 
 Come and kneel at the open door, 
 Jesus is waiting there : 
 
 Firmly cling to the blessed cross, 
 
 There shall thy refuge be; 
 Wash thee now in the crimson fount, 
 
 Flowing so pure for thee : 
 List to the gentle warning voice, 
 
 List to the earnest call, 
 Leave at the cross thy burden now, 
 
 Jesus will bear it all. 
 
 3 Come and taste of the precious feast- 
 Feast of eternal love ; 
 
 Think of joys that for ever bloom, 
 Bright in the life above : 
 
 Come with a trusting heart to God, 
 Come and be saved by grace ; 
 
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 Come, for he loves to clasp thee now, 
 Close in his dear embrace. 
 
 *-UJ Call to Courage. 
 
 Breast the wave, Christian, when it is strongest; 
 Watch for day, Christian, when night is longest; 
 Onward and onward still be thine endeavor, 
 The rest that remaineth endureth for ever. 
 
 2 Fight the fight, Christian — Jesus is o'er thee; 
 Run the race, Christian — heaven is before thee; 
 He who hath promised all, faltereth never, 
 Oh, trust in the love that endureth for ever! 
 
 3 Lift the eye, Christian, just as it closeth ; 
 Raise the heart, Christian, ere it reposeth; 
 Nothing thy soul from the Saviour shall sever, 
 Soon shalt thou mount upward to praise him 
 
 for ever. 
 
 ^ J- U The Hour of Prayer. 
 
 My God ! is any hour so sweet, 
 
 From blush of morn to evening star, 
 
 As that which calls me to thy feet — 
 The hour of prayer ? 
 
 Blest is the tranquil hour of morn, 
 And blest that solemn hour of eve 
 
 When, on the wings of prayer upborne, 
 The world I leave. 
 
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 3 Then is my strength by thee renewed; 
 Then are my sins by thee forgiven; 
 
 Then dost thou cheer my solitude 
 With hopes of heaven. 
 
 4 Lord ! till I reach that blissful shore, 
 No privilege so dear shall be, 
 
 As thus my inmost soul to pour 
 In prayer to thee. 
 
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 ** - 1 - x The Armies of God. 
 
 Ten thousand times ten thousand, 
 
 In sparkling raiment bright, 
 The armies of the ransomed saints 
 
 Throng up the steeps of light : 
 'T is finished, all is finished, 
 
 Their fight with death and sin : 
 Fling open wide the golden gates, 
 
 And let the victors in ! 
 
 2 What rush of hallelujahs 
 Fills all the earth and sky ! 
 
 What ringing of a thousand harps 
 Bespeaks the triumph nigh ! 
 
 Oh, day for which creation 
 And all its tribes were made ! 
 
 Oh, joy for all its former woes 
 A thousand fold repaid ! 
 
 3 Oh, then what raptured greetings 
 On Canaan's happy shore, 
 
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 What knitting severed friendships up, 
 
 Where partings are no more ! 
 Then eyes with joy shall sparkle, 
 
 That brimmed with tears of late, 
 Orphans no longer fatherless, 
 
 Nor widows desolate. 
 
 " They seek a Country." 
 
 There is a land immortal, 
 
 The beautiful of lands : 
 Beside its ancient portal 
 
 A silent sentry stands ; 
 He only can undo it, 
 
 And open wide the door; 
 And mortals who pass through it 
 
 Are mortal nevermore. 
 
 2 Though dark and drear the passage 
 That leadeth to the gate, 
 
 Yet grace attends the message 
 To souls that watch and wait ;• 
 
 And at the time appointed 
 A messenger comes down, 
 
 And guides the Lord's anointed 
 From cross to glory's crown. 
 
 3 Their sighs are lost in singing, 
 They 5 re blessed in their tears ; 
 
 Their journey heavenward winging, 
 They leave on earth their fears ; 
 
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 Death like an angel seemeth ; 
 
 " We welcome thee," they cry ; 
 Their face with glory beameth — 
 
 'T is life for them to die ! 
 
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 " Beyond the Sky." 
 
 There is a home eternal, 
 
 Beautiful and bright, 
 Where sweet joys supernal 
 
 Never are dimmed by night ; 
 White-robed angels are singing 
 
 Ever around the bright throne — 
 When, oh, when shall I see thee, 
 
 Beautiful, beautiful home ? 
 
 Cho. — Home, beautiful home, 
 Bright, beautiful home ; 
 Home, home of our Saviour, 
 Bright, beautiful home. 
 
 2 Flowers for ever are springing 
 In that home so fair ; 
 
 Thousands of children are singing 
 
 Praises to Jesus there: 
 How they swell the glad anthem 
 
 Ever around the bright throne- 
 When, oh, when shall I see thee, 
 
 Beautiful, beautiful home ? 
 
 3 Soon shall I join that anthem 
 Far beyond the sky ; 
 
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 Jesus became my ransom — 
 
 Why should I fear to die ? 
 Soon my eyes will behold him, 
 
 Seated upon the bright throne — 
 Then, oh, then shall I see thee, 
 
 Beautiful, beautiful home ! 
 
 " The Happy Land." 
 
 There is a happy land, 
 
 Far, far away, 
 Where saints in glory stand, 
 
 Bright, bright as day. 
 Oh, how they sweetly sing, 
 " Worthy is our Saviour King," 
 Loud let his praises ring; 
 
 Praise, praise for aye ! 
 
 2 Come to that happy land, 
 Come, come away, 
 
 Why will ye doubting stand, 
 
 Why still delay ? 
 Oh, we shall happy be, 
 When, from sin and sorrow free, 
 Lord, we shall dwell with thee, 
 
 Blest, blest for aye. 
 
 3 Bright in that happy land 
 Beams every eye : 
 
 Kept by a Father's hand, 
 Love cannot die. 
 
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 Oh, then to glory run ; 
 Be a crown and Kingdom won ; 
 And bright, above the sun, 
 We '11 reign for aye. 
 
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 "King of Kings." 
 
 Look, ye saints — the sight is glorious ! 
 
 See the Man of Sorrows now 
 From the fight returned victorious; 
 
 Every knee to him shall bow: 
 Crown him, crown him ; 
 
 Crowns become the victor's brow. 
 
 2 Crown the Saviour, angels, crown him ; 
 Rich the trophies Jesus brings ; 
 
 In the seat of power enthrone him, 
 While the vault of heaven rings : 
 
 Crown him, crown him; 
 Crown the Saviour " King of kings." 
 
 3 Sinners in derision crowned him, 
 Mocking thus the Saviour's claim ; 
 
 Saints and angels crowd around him, 
 Own his title, praise his name : 
 
 Crown him, crown him ; 
 Spread abroad the victor's fame. 
 
 4 Hark, those bursts of acclamation ! 
 Hark, those loud triumphant chords! 
 
 Jesus takes the highest station ; 
 Oh, what joy the sight affords : 
 
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 Crown him, crown him ; 
 " King of kings and Lord of lords," 
 
 Glory to God. 
 
 Glory be to God the Father, 
 
 Glory be to God the Son, 
 Glory be to God the Spirit, 
 
 Great Jehovah, Three in One : 
 Glory, glory, 
 
 While eternal ages run ! 
 
 2 Glory be to him who loved us, 
 Washed us from each spot and stain 
 
 Glory be to him who bought us, 
 Made us kings with him to reign : 
 
 Glory, glory, 
 To the Lamb that once was slain ! 
 
 3 Glory to the King of angels, 
 Glory to the church's King, 
 
 Glory to the King of nations, 
 
 Heaven and earth, your praises bring: 
 
 Glory, glory, 
 To the King of glory bring ! 
 
 4 Glory, blessing, praise eternal ! 
 Thus the choir of angels sings ; 
 
 Honor, riches, power, dominion ! 
 Thus its praise creation brings : 
 
 Glory, glory, 
 Glory to the King of kings ! 
 

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 ^ x ' " The Lord reigneth" 
 
 Hark, the song of Jubilee, 
 
 Loud as mighty thunders roar, 
 Or the fulness of the sea, 
 
 When it breaks upon the shore : 
 Hallelujah ! for the Lord 
 
 God Omnipotent shall reign; 
 Hallelujah ! let the word 
 
 Echo round the earth and main. 
 
 2 Hallelujah ! hark, the sound, 
 From the depths unto the skies, 
 
 Wakes above, beneath, around, 
 
 All creation's harmonies ; 
 See Jehovah's banner furled, 
 
 Sheathed his sword: he speaks — r t is done, 
 And the kingdoms of this world 
 
 Are the kingdoms of his Son. 
 
 3 He shall reign from pole to pole 
 With illimitable sway ; 
 
 He shall reign, when like a scroll 
 Yonder heavens have passed away : 
 
 Then the end; — beneath his rod 
 Man's last enemy shall fall; 
 
 Hallelujah! Christ in God, 
 God in Christ, is all in all. 
 
 ^ 1 O " Tell us of the Nighty 
 
 Watchman ! tell us of the night, 
 What its signs of promise are ; — 
 
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 Traveler! o'er yon mountain's height, 
 See that glory-beaming star ! — 
 
 Watchman ! does its beauteous ray 
 Aught of joy or hope foretell? — 
 
 Traveler! yes; it brings the day, 
 Promised day of Israel : — 
 
 2 Watchman! tell us of the night; 
 Higher yet that star ascends ; 
 
 Traveler! blessedness and light, 
 
 Peace and truth its course portends; — 
 
 Watchman ! will its beams alone 
 
 Gild the spot that gave them birth ? — 
 
 Traveler ! ages are its own ; 
 
 See, it bursts o'er all the earth ! — 
 
 3 Watchman ! tell us of the night, 
 For the morning seems to dawn ; — 
 
 Traveler ! darkness takes its flight, 
 Doubt and terror are withdrawn ; 
 
 Watchman ! let thy wanderings cease; 
 Hie thee to thy quiet home ! 
 
 Traveler! lo ! the Prince of Peace, 
 Lo ! the Son of God is come ! 
 
 2 J- O The Beauty of Heaven. 
 
 Beautiful Zion, built above, 
 Beautiful city that I love; 
 Beautiful gates of pearly white, 
 Beautiful temple — God its light ; 
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 He who was slain on Calvary 
 Opens those pearly gates to me. 
 
 Ref. — Zion, Zion, lovely Zion, 
 
 Beautiful Zion, city of our God. 
 
 2 Beautiful heaven, where all is light; 
 Beautiful angels, clothed in white \ 
 Beautiful strains that never tire ; 
 Beautiful harps through all the choir — 
 There shall I join the chorus sweet, 
 Worshiping at the Saviour's feet. 
 
 3 Beautiful crowns on every brow, 
 Beautiful palms the conquerors show : 
 Beautiful robes the ransomed wear, 
 Beautiful all who enter there — 
 Thither I press with eager feet ; 
 There shall my rest be long and sweet. 
 
 4 Beautiful throne for Christ our King, 
 Beautiful songs the angels sing ; 
 Beautiful rest — all wanderings cease; 
 Beautiful home of perfect peace — 
 There shall my eyes the Saviour see ; 
 Haste to his heavenly home with me. 
 
 w w "Go over this Jordan." 
 
 There is a land of pure delight 
 Where saints immortal reign; 
 
 Infinite day excludes the night, 
 And pleasures banish pain. 
 
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 There everlasting spring abides, 
 And never- withering flowers ; 
 
 Death, like a narrow sea. divides 
 This heavenly land from ours. 
 
 2 Sweet fields beyond the swelling flood 
 Stand dressed in living green ; 
 
 So to the Jews old Canaan stood, 
 While Jordan rolled between. 
 
 But timorous mortals start and shrink 
 To cross this narrow sea; 
 
 And linger, shivering, on the brink, 
 And fear to launch away. 
 
 3 Oh, could we make our doubts remove, 
 These gloomy doubts that rise, 
 
 And see the Canaan that we love 
 
 With unbeclouded eyes : — 
 Could we but climb where Moses stood, 
 
 And view the landscape o'er, 
 Xot Jordan's stream, nor death's cold flood, 
 
 Should fright us from the shore. 
 
 m ~ M " Let me go over ! 
 
 On Jordan's rugged banks I stand, 
 
 And cast a wishful eye 
 To Canaan's fair and happy land, 
 
 Where my possessions lie. 
 Oh, the transporting, rapturous scene 
 
 That rises to my sight ! 
 
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 Sweet fields arrayed in living green, 
 And rivers of delight ! 
 
 2 O'er all those wide extended plains 
 Shines one eternal day; 
 
 There God, the Son, for ever reigns, 
 
 And scatters night away. 
 No chilling winds, or poisonous breath, 
 
 Can reach that healthful shore ; 
 Sickness and sorrow, pain and death, 
 
 Are felt and feared no more. 
 
 3 When shall I reach that happy place, 
 And be for ever blest ? 
 
 When shall I see my Father's face, 
 
 And in his bosom rest ? 
 Filled with delight, my raptured soul 
 
 Can here no longer stay; 
 Though Jordan's waves around me roll, 
 
 Fearless I 'd launch away. 
 
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 ** " ^ « * The Paradise of God. ' ' 
 
 Beautiful valley of Eden ! 
 
 Sweet is thy noon-tide calm ; 
 Over the hearts of the weary, 
 
 Breathing thy waves of balm. 
 
 Cho. — Beautiful valley of Eden, 
 
 Home of the pure and blest ! 
 How often amid the wild billows 
 I dream of thy rest — sweet rest ! 
 
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 2 Over the heart of the mourner 
 Shineth thy golden day, 
 
 Wafting the songs of the angels 
 Down from the far away. 
 
 3 There is the home of my Saviour, 
 There, with the blood- washed throng, 
 
 Over the highlands of glory 
 Rolleth the great, new song ! 
 
 " The Mansions above." 
 
 In the house of my Father above, 
 There are mansions provided for me, 
 
 Where my soul in the fulness of joy shall awake 
 From its body of sin to be free. 
 
 Ref. — I shall go to that home by and by, 
 
 And my Saviour will welcome me 
 there : 
 He will crown me with life, he will 
 fill me with joy, 
 And his garment of love I shall 
 wear. 
 
 2 When I weary of labor and toil, 
 
 And with sorrow my heart is oppressed, 
 
 Then my Saviour comes near, and I think with 
 delight 
 Of the beautiful mansions of rest. 
 
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 3 I have friends in those mansions above; 
 They are waiting me now on the shore ; 
 
 And I know we shall meet at the portals of light, 
 When a few fleeting days shall be o'er. 
 
 4 Oh, I long for those mansions above ! ■ 
 Yes, I long their bright glory to see, 
 
 And to join the glad host in the praise of my 
 Lord, 
 Who has purchased those mansions for me. 
 
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 " A City." 
 
 Jerusalem, the glorious ! 
 The glory of the elect — 
 
 dear and future vision 
 That eager hearts expect ! 
 
 Ev'n now by faith I see thee, 
 Ev'n here thy walls discern ; 
 
 To thee my thoughts are kindled, 
 And strive, and pant, and yearn ! 
 
 2 The Cross is all thy splendor, 
 The Crucified thy praise; 
 
 His laud and benediction 
 
 Thy ransomed people raise; — 
 
 Jerusalem ! exulting 
 On that securest shore, 
 
 1 hope thee, wish thee, sing thee, 
 And love thee evermore ! 
 
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 3 O sweet and blessed Country ! 
 Shall I e'er see thy face ? 
 
 sweet and blessed Country, 
 Shall I e'er win thy grace ? 
 
 Exult, O dust and ashes ! 
 
 The Lord shall be thy part ; 
 His only, his for ever, 
 
 Thou shalt be, and thou art ! 
 
 ^~£> " O Paradise r 
 
 O Paradise ! O Paradise ! 
 
 Who doth not crave for rest ? 
 Who would not seek the happy land 
 
 Where they that loved are blest ? 
 
 Ref. — Where loyal hearts and true 
 Stand ever in the light, 
 All rapture through and through, 
 In God's most holy sight. 
 
 2 O Paradise ! O Paradise ! 
 The world is growing old ; 
 
 Who would not be at rest and free 
 Where love is never cold ? 
 
 3 O Paradise ! O Paradise ! 
 
 1 greatly long to see 
 
 The special place my dearest Lord 
 In love prepares for me. 
 
 4 Lord Jesus, King of Paradise, 
 Oh, keep me in thy love, 
 
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 And guide me to that happy land 
 Of perfect rest above ! 
 
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 The new Jerusalem. 
 
 Jerusalem, the golden, 
 
 With milk and honey blest ! 
 
 Beneath thy contemplation 
 
 Sink heart and voice oppressed; 
 
 1 know not, oh, I know not, 
 What social joys are there, 
 
 What radiancy of glory, 
 
 What light beyond compare. 
 
 2 They stand, those halls of Zion, 
 All jubilant with song, 
 
 And bright with many an angel, 
 And all the martyr throng ; 
 
 The Prince is ever in them, 
 The daylight is serene ; 
 
 The pastures of the blessed 
 Are decked in glorious sheen. 
 
 3 There is the throne of David ; 
 And there, from care released, 
 
 The song of them that triumph, 
 The shout of them that feast ; 
 
 And they who, with their Leader, 
 Have conquered in the fight, 
 
 For ever and for ever 
 
 Are clad in robes of white. 
 
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 "A Holy City." 
 
 There is a holy city, 
 
 A happy world above, 
 Beyond the starry regions, 
 
 Built by the God of love : 
 An everlasting temple — 
 
 And saints, arrayed in white, 
 There serve their great Redeemer, 
 
 And dwell with him in light. 
 
 2 The meanest child of glory 
 Outshines the radiant sun ; 
 
 But who can speak the splendor 
 
 Of that eternal throne 
 Where Jesus sits exalted, 
 
 In god-like majesty ? 
 The elders fall before him, 
 
 The angels bend the knee. 
 
 3 The host of saints around him 
 Proclaim his work of grace ; 
 
 The patriarchs and prophets, 
 
 And all the godly race, 
 Who speak of fiery trials 
 
 And tortures on their way — 
 They came from tribulation 
 
 To everlasting day. 
 
 4 And what shall be my journey, 
 How long my stay below, 
 
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 Or what shall be my trials, 
 Are not for me to know ; 
 
 In every day of trouble 
 
 I '11 raise my thoughts on high ; 
 
 1 '11 think of the bright temple, 
 And crowns above the sky. 
 
 4^0 Q ur Salvation. 
 
 Ev'n now doth our salvation 
 
 Draw near and nearer still, 
 Than when we first accepted 
 
 Our Saviour's loving will : 
 Each hour and every moment 
 
 Brings on the happy day, 
 When, free from sin and sorrow, 
 
 To heaven we take our way. 
 
 Ref. — Oh, hasten, Time, God's angel ! 
 On swift wing bear us home : 
 We wait the joyful summons, 
 No longer would we roam : 
 Semi-Cho. — Home, home, come home, 
 Home, home, come home. 
 Full Cho. — We come, we come, we come. 
 
 2 The world is bright and gladsome, 
 And life is God's sweet gift ; 
 
 It is not dust and ashes, 
 
 Though fading sure and swift : 
 
 Yet better far the country 
 
 Where my dear Lord doth dwell ; 
 
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 My heart doth break with longing 
 For him I love so well ! 
 
 3 Oh, lasting joy of heaven ! 
 
 Oh, stainless, waveless peace ! 
 Oh, victor}- after conflict, 
 
 Of all our woe surcease ! 
 Who would not gladly barter 
 
 The best earth hath to give, 
 For that blest lot immortal, 
 
 With Christ for aye to live ! 
 
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 Music in Heaven. 
 
 Lo, the seal of death is breaking ; 
 Those who slept its sleep are waking ; 
 
 Heaven opes its portals fair ! 
 Hark ! the harps of God are ringing, 
 Hark ! the seraph's hymn is flinging 
 
 Music on immortal air. 
 
 2 There, no more at eve declining, 
 Suns without a cloud are shining 
 
 O'er the land of life and love ; 
 There the founts of life are flowing, 
 Flowers unknown to time are blowing, 
 
 In that radiant scene above. 
 
 3 There no sigh of memory swelleth; 
 There no tear of misery welleth ; 
 
 Hearts will bleed or break no more ; 
 Past is all the cold world's scorning, 
 
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 Gone the night and broke the morning 
 Over all the golden shore. 
 
 ^3v Beyond the Vale. 
 
 Beyond life's raging fever, 
 Beyond life's troubled dream, 
 
 Beyond death's surging river, 
 Beyond that sullen stream, 
 
 Cho. — The saints shall dwell in glory, 
 In beauty fading not ; 
 O pilgrim, are you praying 
 That this may be your lot ? 
 
 2 Beyond this land of sighing, 
 Where countless tears are shed ; 
 
 Beyond the sick and dying, 
 
 Beyond the mouldering dead : — 
 
 3 Beyond this scene of trial, 
 Where heart and flesh do fail ; 
 
 Beyond the darkening shadows, 
 Beyond the gloomy vale: — 
 
 4 Beyond earth's weary burden, 
 The cross, the scourge, the rod, 
 
 The saints shall dwell in glory — 
 The saints shall dwell with God. 
 
 ^ u ■*- " For ever with the Lord. ' ' 
 
 When we get home where Jesus is, 
 And hear his friendly greeting, 
 
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 Our souls will feel a heavenly bliss, 
 In such a joyful meeting! 
 
 Ref. — We soon shall be from sorrow free — 
 A happy home we 're nearing ; 
 Our Father's call invites us all — 
 Oh, blessed thought, how cheering ! 
 
 2 So long in this dark world we Ve staid, 
 We feel an anxious longing 
 
 To see that home without a shade, 
 Where ransomed souls are thronging. 
 
 3 If doubts arise, or courage fail, 
 At every ill-made story, 
 
 Death soon will lift the mystic vail, 
 And bear us home to glory. 
 
 4 Then, happy souls, to Jesus raise 
 Your songs, with cheerful voices, 
 
 And sing those home-endearing lays, 
 While every heart rejoices ! 
 
 £ & " Death of a little child. 
 
 Tender Shepherd, thou hast stilled 
 Now thy little lamb's brief weeping : 
 
 Ah, how peaceful, pale, and mild 
 In its narrow bed 't is sleeping ! 
 
 And no sigh of anguish sore 
 
 Heaves that little bosom more. 
 
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 2 In this world of care and pain, 
 
 Lord, thou wouldst no longer leave it ; 
 To the sunny heavenly plain 
 
 Thou dost now with joy receive it ; 
 Clothed in robes of spotless w T hite, 
 Now it dwells with thee in light. 
 
 3 Ah, Lord Jesus, grant that we 
 Where it lives may soon be living, 
 
 And the lovely pastures see 
 
 That its heavenly food are giving ; 
 Then the gain of death we prove, 
 Though thou take w T hat most we love. 
 
 ^3o Comfort. 
 
 Cease, ye mourners, cease to languish 
 O'er the grave of those you love; 
 
 Pain and death, and night and anguish 
 Enter not the world above. 
 
 2 While our silent steps are straying 
 Lonely through night's deepening shade, 
 
 Glory's brightest beams are playing 
 Round the happy Christian's head. 
 
 3 Light and peace at once deriving 
 From the hand of God most high, 
 
 In his glorious presence living, 
 They shall never, never die. 
 
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 A bright summer day. 
 
 Summer suns are glowing 
 
 Over land and sea, 
 Happy light is flowing 
 
 Bountiful and free. 
 Everything rejoices 
 
 In the mellow rays, 
 All earth's thousand voices 
 
 Swell the psalm of praise. 
 
 2 God's free mercy streameth 
 Over all the world, 
 
 And his banner gleameth 
 
 Everywhere unfurled. 
 Broad and deep and glorious, 
 
 As the heaven above, 
 Shines in might victorious 
 
 His eternal love. 
 
 3 Lord, upon our blindness 
 Thy pure radiance pour ; 
 
 For thy loving-kindness 
 
 Makes us love thee more. 
 And when clouds are drifting 
 
 Dark across our sky, 
 Then, the vail uplifting, 
 
 Father, be thou nigh. 
 
 4 We will never doubt thee, 
 Though thou vail thy light : 
 
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 Life is dark without thee ; 
 
 Death with thee is bright. 
 Light of light ! shine o'er us 
 
 On our pilgrim way- 
 Go thou still before us 
 
 To the endless day. 
 
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 Easter Morning. 
 
 Down from their home on high, 
 Down through the starry sky, 
 Angels descending fly, 
 
 While the earth shaketh; 
 Roll they the stone away 
 From where the Saviour lay — 
 Out into glorious day 
 
 His way he taketh. 
 
 Ref. — Loud hallelujahs! 
 Loud hallelujahs ! 
 Our risen Saviour, 
 To thee we sing : 
 Hallelujah! Hallelujah! 
 Hallelujah ! 
 
 2 He from the grave is gone, 
 Treading the way alone ; 
 Death now is overthrown 
 
 By his endeavor ! 
 Where is thy victory, 
 O Grave ? and where shall be, 
 
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 O Death, our fear of thee ? 
 Vanished for ever ! 
 
 3 Sing we thy praise for aye, 
 Who washed our sins away ; 
 Unto thy name alway 
 
 We shall be singing : 
 Far down the tracts of time 
 Shall every earthly clime 
 Join in the song sublime, 
 
 With praises ringing! 
 
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 " He will lead me." 
 
 When I walk in God's clear sunlight, 
 With its beauty beaming fair, 
 
 Or when shadows seem to gather, 
 I may see him everywhere. 
 
 Ref. — He will lead me, he will lead me, 
 Be my true and constant guide ; 
 He will lead me, he will lead me — 
 In his love I may abide. 
 
 2 Though amid the deepest darkness, 
 I may surely trust the Lord; 
 
 He hath never yet forsaken — 
 He will keep his promised word. 
 
 3 Though all friendships may be broken, 
 And the hand of death be laid, 
 
 In his might and love confiding, 
 I shall never be afraid. 
 
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 4 When to me shall come the glory 
 Of the heavenly mansions bright; 
 
 Still the song will I be singing 
 In that home of pure delight. 
 
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 New Year. 
 
 At thy feet, our God and Father, 
 
 Who hast blest us all our days, 
 We with grateful hearts would gather, 
 
 And begin the year with praise — 
 Praise for light so brightly shining 
 
 On our steps from heaven above ; 
 Praise for mercies daily twining 
 
 Round us golden cords of love. 
 
 2 Jesus, for thy love most tender, 
 On the cross for sinners shown, 
 
 We would praise thee and surrender 
 All our hearts to be thine own. 
 
 With so true a Friend provided 
 We upon our way would go, 
 
 Sure of being safely guided, 
 Guarded well from every foe. 
 
 3 Every day will be the brighter, 
 When thy gracious face we see; 
 
 Every burden will be lighter, 
 
 When we know it comes from thee. 
 
 Spread thy love's broad banner o'er us, 
 Give us strength to serve and wait, 
 
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 Till thy glory breaks before us, 
 Through the city's open gate. 
 
 An Autumn Song. 
 
 The trees are crowned with glory, 
 
 The hills are bright with praise ; 
 The voice of Autumn singeth 
 
 Through all her forest ways. 
 With heart, and voice, and garland, 
 
 Dear Lord, thy children meet 
 To crown thee with their praises, — 
 
 To worship at thy feet. 
 
 2 As once, in far Judea, 
 The little children came 
 
 With glad and sweet hosannas, 
 And blessings on thy name, 
 
 With waving palms and praises, 
 Thy lowly steps to throng ; — 
 
 So we, within thy temple, 
 
 Come seeking thee with song. 
 
 3 O lowly Lord and Master ! 
 We long to be like thee 
 
 In purity, in patience, 
 
 In deep humility ; 
 That when our autumn cometh, 
 
 And as a leaf we fade, 
 The glory of thy presence 
 
 May dissipate death's shade. 
 
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 A&'J National. 
 
 Lord ! while for all mankind we pray, 
 
 Of every clime and coast, 
 Oh, hear us for our native land, 
 
 The land we love the most. 
 
 2 Oh, guard our shores from every foe, 
 With peace our borders bless, 
 
 With prosperous times our cities crown, 
 Our fields with plenteousness. 
 
 3 Unite us in the sacred love 
 
 Of knowledge, truth, and thee : 
 And let our hills and valleys shout 
 The songs of liberty. 
 
 4 Lord of the nations, thus to thee 
 Our country we commend; 
 
 Be thou our refuge and her trust, 
 Her everlasting friend. 
 
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 National Song. 
 
 My country ! 't is of thee, 
 Sweet land of liberty, 
 
 Of thee I sing; 
 Land where my fathers died ! 
 Land of the Pilgrims' pride I 
 From every mountain side 
 
 Let freedom ring ! 
 
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 2 My native country, thee — 
 Land of the noble, free — 
 
 Thy name I love ; 
 I love thy rocks and rills, 
 Thy woods and templed hills; 
 My heart with rapture thrills 
 
 Like that above. 
 
 3 Our fathers' God ! to thee, 
 Author of liberty, 
 
 To thee we sing : 
 Long may our land be bright 
 With freedom's holy light ; 
 Protect us by thy might, 
 
 Great God, our' King ! 
 
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 Easter Carol. 
 
 Lift up, O little children, 
 
 Your voices clear and sweet, 
 And sing the blessed story 
 Of Christ, the Lord of glory, 
 And worship at his feet ! 
 
 Cho. — Oh, sing the blessed story ! 
 The Lord of life and glory 
 Is risen — as he said — 
 Is risen from the dead! 
 
 2 Lift up, O tender lilies, 
 ' Your whiteness to the sun ; 
 
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 The earth is not our prison 
 Since Christ himself hath risen, 
 The life of every one. 
 
 3 Ring, all ye bells in welcome, 
 
 Your chimes of joy again! 
 Ring out the night of sadness, 
 Ring in the morn of gladness, 
 
 For death no more shall reign. 
 
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 ^i-^ Close of the year. 
 
 Make haste, make haste, O man, to live, 
 
 For thou so soon must die; 
 Time hurries past thee like the breeze, 
 
 How swift its moments fly ! 
 Make haste, make haste, O man, to live! 
 
 2 To breathe, to breathe, and wake and sleep 
 To smile, to sigh, and grieve, 
 
 To move in idleness through earth — 
 
 This, this is not to live ! 
 Make haste, make haste, O man, to live ! 
 
 3 Up, then, up, then, with speed, and work; 
 Fling ease and self away ; 
 
 This is no time for thee to sleep ; 
 
 Up ! watch, and work, and pray ! 
 Make haste, make haste, O man, to live! 
 
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 243 "Behold the Lamb I " 
 
 Oh, praise the Saviour's holy name ! 
 
 Before him bow the knee ; 
 From yon bright glorious throne he came, 
 
 To set the sinner free. 
 
 Cho. — Sing his praises ! shout hosannas ! 
 Blessed be his holy name ! 
 Hallelujah ! hallelujah ! 
 Glory ! glory to the Lamb ! 
 
 2 There is no music half so sweet 
 As our Redeemer's name; 
 
 Oh, sound it out to every clime, 
 
 And say, " Behold the Lamb ! " Cho. 
 
 3 Oh, praise him for the love that bore 
 Your sorrows and your care ; 
 
 Honor and thanks and blessing give-^ 
 So in his glory share. Cho. 
 
 4 Oh, for this love let every heart 
 His praises ever sing ! 
 
 And when we join with angel-hosts, 
 We '11 crown the Saviour King. Cho. 
 
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 Can a little child, like me, 
 Thank the Father fittingly ? 
 Yes, oh, yes ! be good and true, 
 Patient, kind in all you do ; 
 Love the Lord, and do your part ; 
 Learn to say with all your heart : 
 
 Father, we thank thee ! 
 
 Father in heaven, we thank thee ! 
 
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 2 For the fruit upon the tree, 
 For the birds that sing of thee, 
 For the earth in beauty drest, 
 Father, mother, and the rest ; 
 For thy precious, loving care, 
 For thy bounty everywhere, — 
 
 Father, we thank thee ! 
 
 Father in heaven, we thank thee ! 
 
 3 For the sunshine warm and bright, 
 For the day and for the night ; 
 
 For the lessons of our youth — 
 Honor, gratitude, and truth ; 
 For the love that met us here, 
 For the home and for the cheer, — 
 
 Father, we thank thee ! 
 
 Father in heaven, we thank thee! 
 
 4 For our comrades and our plays, 
 And our happy holidays ; 
 
 For the joyful work and true 
 That a little child may do ; 
 For our lives but just begun ; 
 For the great gift of thy Son, — 
 
 Father, we thank thee ! 
 
 Father in heaven, we thank thee ! 
 
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 A loving heart. 
 
 If you have a pleasant thought, 
 Sing it, sing it; 
 
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 As the birds sing in their sport, 
 
 Sing it from the heart : 
 Does the Holy Spirit move 
 For the children of his love — 
 Sing and point the home above, 
 
 Sing it from the heart. 
 
 Cho. — Singing, singing, from the heart, 
 Oh, the joy our songs impart i 
 Jesus, bless the tuneful art, 
 Singing from the heart. 
 
 2 Every gracious deed of his, 
 
 Sing it, sing it ; 
 Nothing sounds so well as this, 
 
 Sing it from the heart : 
 How the Lord walked on the wave — 
 Rescued Lazarus from the grave — 
 Died our guilty souls to save — 
 
 Sing it from the heart. 
 
 3 Are you weary, are you sad — 
 
 Sing it, sing it ; 
 Make yourselves and others glad, 
 
 Sing it from the heart : 
 Angels now before his face 
 Sing of Christ's redeeming grace. 
 Give the Saviour endless praise, 
 
 Sing it from the heart. 
 
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 u ~ v " Afterwards. 
 
 Now, the sowing and the weeping, 
 Working hard and waiting long; 
 
 Afterward, the golden reaping, 
 Harvest home and grateful song. 
 
 Ref. — Then work, work for Jesus : 
 
 Toil through the cloud or sun ; 
 Till the Master bids thee rest 
 
 From labor — when thy work is done. 
 
 2 Now, the pruning, sharp, unsparing ; 
 Scattered blossom, bleeding shoot ! 
 
 Afterward, the plenteous bearing 
 Of the Master's pleasant fruit. 
 
 3 Now, the long and toilsome duty 
 Stone by stone to carve and bring : 
 
 Afterward, the perfect beauty 
 Of the palace of the King ! 
 
 4 Now, the spirit conflict-riven, 
 Wounded heart, unequal strife ; 
 
 Afterward, the triumph given, 
 And the victor-crown of life ! 
 
 5 Now, the training, strange and lowly, 
 Unexplained and tedious now ; 
 
 Afterward, the service holy, 
 
 And the Master's " Enter thou ! " 
 
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 Jesus hath sought us; Jesus hath bought us; 
 
 Joyful hosannas to him let us raise ! 
 Cheerily singing, merrily ringing, 
 
 Anthems, loud anthems of jubilant praise. 
 
 Cho. — Joyfully we '11 praise him ! 
 Cheerfully we '11 raise him 
 Glad songs — and loud hosannas 
 Shall ascend to Jesus above : 
 Joyfully praise him ! cheerfully raise him 
 Songs of thanksgiving for infinite love ! 
 
 2 Kind friends have taught us ; Jesus hath 
 
 brought us 
 Under this roof where we gather to-day ; 
 Gracious Jehovah, guide and watch over; 
 Look on thy children in mercy, we pray. 
 
 3 Keep us and guide us, kindly provide us 
 Comfort and strength for each step of the 
 
 way ; 
 Mercy and blessing, goodness expressing, 
 Hold us in peace for eternity's day. 
 
 4 When thou hast led us, taught us and fed us, 
 Strengthened our hearts as we Ve journeyed 
 
 along, 
 Then, gracious Father, thy children gather, 
 Joining in chorus of heaven's new song. 
 
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 ^4o «. shall I be there?" 
 
 When saints gather round thee, dear Saviour, 
 
 above, 
 And hasten to crown thee with jewels of love, 
 Amid those bright mansions of glory so fair — 
 Oh, tell me, dear Saviour, if I shall be there ! 
 
 Cho. — Oh, tell me,* oh, tell me if I shall be 
 there ! 
 Oh, tell me, dear Saviour, if I shall be 
 there ! 
 
 2 When those, who have labored and struggled 
 
 to save 
 Their loved ones from sorrow beyond the dark 
 
 grave, 
 Are bringing the treasures they gathered with 
 
 care — 
 Oh, tell me, dear Saviour, if I shall be there ! 
 
 3 When life's dreary billows are spent on the 
 
 shore 
 Beyond the dark river, and time is no more, 
 When bright palms of glory the victors shall 
 
 bear — 
 Oh, tell me, dear Saviour, if I shall be there ! 
 
 4 And when in bright garments thy children 
 
 shall stand, 
 A crown on each forehead, a harp in each 
 hand, 
 
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 And sing of the joys thou hast gone to pre- 
 pare — 
 Oh, tell me, dear Saviour, if I shall be there! 
 
 -4y The Paradise of Joy. 
 
 For thee, O 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. 
 
 2 With jasper glow thy bulwarks, 
 Thy streets with emeralds blaze ; 
 
 The sardius and the topaz 
 
 Unite in thee their rays ; 
 Thine ageless walls are bonded 
 
 With amethyst unpriced ; 
 The saints built up its fabric, 
 
 The corner-stone is Christ. 
 
 3 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 thy holy tower; 
 Thine is the victor's laurel, 
 
 And thine the golden dower. 
 
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 4 Oh, sweet and blessed Country/ 
 
 The home of God's elect ! 
 Oh, sweet and blessed Country, 
 
 That eager hearts expect! 
 Jesus, in mercy bring us 
 
 To that dear land of rest ; 
 Who art, with God the Father 
 
 And Spirit, ever blest. 
 
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 11 Jesus, my Lord'' 
 
 Jesus, my Lord, my God, my all ! 
 Blest Saviour, hear me when I call ; 
 Oh, hear, and from thy dwelling-place 
 Pour down the riches of thy grace ; 
 Jesus, my Lord, I thee adore — 
 Oh, make me love thee more and more ! 
 
 2 Jesus, alas ! too coldly sought, 
 How can I love thee as I ought ! 
 And how extol thy matchless fame, 
 The glorious beauty of thy name ? 
 Jesus, my Lord, I thee adore — 
 
 Oh, make me love thee more and more ! 
 
 3 Jesus, what didst thou find in me 
 That thou hast dealt so lovingly ? 
 
 How great the joy that thou hast brought ! 
 Oh, far exceeding hope or thought \ 
 Jesus, my Lord, I thee adore — 
 Oh, make me love thee more and more ! 
 
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 4 Jesus! of thee shall be my song; 
 
 To thee my heart and soul belong; 
 
 All that I am or have is thine, 
 
 And thou, my Saviour, thou art mine ! 
 
 Jesus, my Lord, I thee adore — 
 
 Oh, make me love thee more and more ! 
 
 The Blessed Szbbath. 
 
 O DAY of rest and gladness, 
 
 O day of joy and light, 
 O balm of care and sadness, 
 
 Most beautiful, most bright; 
 On thee the high and lowly, 
 
 Bending before the throne, 
 Sing, Holy, Holy, Holy, 
 
 To the great Three in One. 
 
 2 On thee, at the creation, 
 The light first had its birth; 
 
 On thee, for our salvation, 
 
 Christ rose from depths of earth; 
 
 On thee, our Lord victorious, 
 The Spirit sent from heaven ; 
 
 And thus on thee, most glorious, 
 A triple light was given. 
 
 3 To-day on weary nations 
 The heavenly manna falls; 
 
 To holy convocations 
 The silver trumpet calls, 
 
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 Where gospel light is glowing 
 With pure and radiant beams, 
 
 And living water flowing 
 
 With soul-refreshing streams. 
 
 4 New graces ever gaining 
 
 From this our day of rest, 
 We reach the rest remaining 
 
 To spirits of the blest. 
 To Holy Ghost be praises, 
 
 To Father, and to Son ; 
 The church her voice upraises 
 
 To thee, blest Three in One. 
 
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 An unsee?i Saviour. 
 
 O Saviour, precious Saviour, 
 
 Whom yet unseen we love, 
 O name of might and favor, 
 
 All other names above ; 
 We worship thee, we bless thee, 
 
 To thee alone we sing ; 
 We praise thee and confess thee, 
 
 Our holy Lord and King. 
 
 2 O Bringer of salvation, 
 
 Who wondrously hast wrought, 
 
 Thyself the revelation 
 
 Of love beyond our thought ; 
 
 We worship thee, we bless thee, 
 To thee alone we sing ; 
 
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 We praise thee and confess thee, 
 Our gracious Lord and King. 
 
 3 In thee all fulness dwelleth, 
 All grace and power divine ; 
 
 The glory that excelleth, 
 
 O Son of God, is thine; 
 We worship thee, we bless thee, 
 
 To thee alone we sing; 
 We praise thee, and confess thee, 
 
 Our glorious Lord and King. 
 
 4 Oh, grant the consummation 
 Of this our song above, 
 
 In endless adoration 
 
 And everlasting love; 
 Then shall we praise and bless thee, 
 
 Where perfect praises ring, 
 And evermore confess thee, 
 
 Our Saviour and our King:. 
 
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 Come, thou Fount of every blessing, 
 
 Tune my heart to sing thy grace ; 
 Streams of mercy, never ceasing, 
 
 Call for songs of loudest praise. 
 Teach me some melodious sonnet, 
 
 Sung by naming tongues above ; 
 Praise the mount — I 'm fixed upon it ! 
 
 Mount of thy redeeming love. 
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 2 Oh, to grace how great a debtor 
 
 Daily I 'm constrained to be ! 
 Let thy goodness, like a fetter, 
 
 Bind my wandering heart to thee. 
 Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it — 
 
 Prone to leave the God I love ; 
 Here 's my heart, oh, take and seal it ! 
 
 Seal it for thy courts above. 
 
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 Rock of ages, cleft for me, 
 
 Let me hide myself in thee ; 
 
 Let the water and the blood, 
 
 From thy wounded side which flowed, 
 
 Be of sin the double cure, 
 
 Save from wrath, and make me pure. 
 
 2 Could my tears for ever flow, 
 Could my zeal no languor know, 
 These for sin could not atone : 
 Thou must save, and thou alone; 
 In my hand no price I bring ; 
 Simply to thy cross I cling. 
 
 3 While I draw this fleeting breath, 
 When my eyes shall close in death, 
 When I rise to worlds unknown, 
 And behold thee on thy throne — 
 Rock of ages, cleft for me, 
 
 Let me hide myself in thee ! 
 
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 In the cross of Christ I glory, 
 
 Towering o'er the wrecks of time ; 
 
 All the light of sacred story 
 
 Gathers round its head sublime. 
 
 2 When the woes of life o'ertake me, 
 Hopes deceive, and fears annoy, 
 
 Never shall the cross forsake me : 
 Lo ! it glows with peace and joy. 
 
 3 When the sun of bliss is beaming 
 Light and love upon my way. 
 
 From the cross the radiance streaming 
 Adds more lustre to the day. 
 
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 Jesus ! lover of my soul, 
 
 Let me to thy bosom fly : 
 While the billows near me roll, 
 
 While the tempest still is high. 
 Hide me, O my Saviour ! hide, 
 
 Till the storm of life is past ; 
 Safe into the haven guide ; 
 
 Oh, receive my soul at last ! 
 
 2 Other refuge have I none : 
 Hangs my helpless soul on thee ; 
 
 Leave, ah ! leave me not alone, 
 Still support and comfort me. 
 
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 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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 Old Hundred. L. M. 
 
 From all that dwell below the skies 
 Let the Creator's praise arise ; 
 Let the Redeemer's praise be sung, 
 Through every land, by every tongue. 
 
 2 Eternal are thy mercies, Lord, 
 Eternal truth attends thy word: 
 Thy name shall sound from shore to shci 
 Till suns shall rise and set no more. 
 
 258 
 
 Woodworih. L. M. 
 
 Just as I am, without one plea, 
 But that thy blood was shed for me, 
 And that thou bidst me come to thee, 
 O Lamb of God ! I come, I come ! 
 
 2 Just as I am, and waiting not 
 To rid my soul of one dark blot, 
 
 To thee whose blood can cleanse each spot, 
 O Lamb of God ! I come, I come ! 
 
 3 Just as I am — thy love unknown 
 Hath broken every barrier down ; 
 Now to be thine, yea, thine alone, 
 
 O Lamb of God ! I come, I come ! 
 
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 ^5y Solid Rock. L. M. D. 
 
 My hope is built on nothing less 
 Than Jesus' blood and righteousness ; 
 
 1 dare not trust the sweetest frame, 
 But wholly lean on Jesus' name. 
 
 Ref. — On Christ, the solid rock, I stand j 
 All other ground is sinking sand. 
 
 2 When darkness seems to vail his face, 
 I rest on his unchanging grace; 
 
 In every high and stormy gale, 
 My anchor holds within the vail. 
 
 3 His oath, his covenant, and blood 
 Support me in the whelming flood ; 
 When all around my soul gives way, 
 He then is all my hope and stay. 
 
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 Blest be the tie that binds 
 Our hearts in Christian love; 
 
 The fellowship of kindred minds 
 Is like to that above. 
 
 2 Before our Father's throne 
 W T e pour our ardent prayers ; 
 
 Our fears, our hopes, our aims are one- 
 Our comforts and our cares. 
 
 3 We share our mutual woes, 
 Our mutual burdens bear, 
 
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 And often for each other flows 
 The sympathizing tear. 
 
 4 When we asunder part, 
 It gives us inward pain ; 
 
 But we shall still be joined in heart, 
 And hope to meet again. 
 
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 From Greenland's icy mountains, 
 
 From India's coral strand, 
 Where Afric's sunny fountains 
 
 Roll down their golden sand, — 
 From many an ancient river, 
 
 From many a palmy plain, 
 They call us to deliver 
 
 Their land from error's chain. 
 
 2 Shall we, whose souls are lighted 
 With wisdom from on high, — 
 
 Shall we, to men benighted, 
 
 The lamp of life deny ? 
 Salvation, oh, salvation ! 
 
 The joyful sound proclaim, 
 Till earth's remotest nation 
 
 Has learned Messiah's name. 
 
 3 Waft, waft, ye winds, his story, 
 And you, ye waters, roll, 
 
 Till, like a sea of glory, 
 
 It spreads from pole to pole ; 
 
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 Till o'er our ransomed nature 
 
 The Lamb for sinners slain, 
 Redeemer, King, Creator, 
 
 In bliss returns to reign ! 
 
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 Work, for the night is coming ; 
 
 Work, through the morning hours ; 
 Work, while the dew is sparkling ; 
 
 Work 'mid springing flowers ; 
 Work, when the day grows brighter, 
 
 Work, in the glowing sun : 
 Work, for the night is coming, 
 
 When man's work is done. 
 
 2 Work, for the night is coming; 
 
 Work through the sunny noon ; 
 Fill brightest hours with labor ; 
 
 Rest comes sure and soon. 
 Give every flying minute 
 
 Something to keep in store ; 
 Work, for the night is coming, 
 
 When man works no more. 
 
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 The morning light is breaking, 
 
 The darkness disappears ; 
 The sons of earth are waking 
 
 To penitential tears ; 
 
232 SPIRITUAL SONGS 
 
 Each breeze that sweeps the ocean 
 Brings tidings from afar 
 
 Of nations in commotion, 
 Prepared for Zion's war. 
 
 2 See heathen nations bending 
 
 Before the God we love, 
 And thousand hearts ascending 
 
 In gratitude above ; 
 While sinners, now confessing, 
 
 The gospel call obey, 
 And seek the Saviour's blessing — 
 
 A nation in a day. 
 
 264 
 
 The Old, Old Story. 
 
 Tell me the old, old story 
 
 Of unseen things above, 
 Of Jesus and his glory, 
 
 Of Jesus and his love. 
 Tell me the story simply, 
 
 As to a little child, 
 For I am weak and weary, 
 
 And helpless and denied. 
 
 Ref. — Tell me the old, old story, 
 Tell me the old, old story, 
 Tell me the old, old story, 
 Of Jesus and his love. 
 
 2 Tell me the story slowly, 
 That I may take it in — 
 
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 That wonderful redemption, 
 
 God's remedy for sin. 
 Tell me the story often, 
 
 For I forget so soon ! 
 The " early dew "of morning 
 
 Has passed away at noon. 
 
 3 Tell me the story softly, 
 
 With earnest tones and grave; 
 Remember ! I 'm the sinner 
 
 Whom Jesus came to save. 
 Tell me that story always 
 
 If you would really be, 
 In any time of trouble, 
 
 A comforter to me. 
 
 Coronation. C. M. 
 
 All hail the power of Jesus' name! 
 
 Let angels prostrate fall ; 
 Bring forth the royal diadem, 
 
 And crown him Lord of all ! 
 
 2 Sinners, whose love can ne'er forget 
 The wormwood and the gall ; 
 
 Go, spread your trophies at his feet, 
 And crown him Lord of all ! 
 
 3 Let every kindred, every tribe, 
 On this terrestrial ball, 
 
 To him all majesty ascribe, 
 And crown him Lord of all 1 
 
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 4 Oh, that with yonder sacred throng 
 
 We at his feet may fall ; 
 We '11 join the everlasting song, 
 
 And crown him Lord of all ! 
 
 2vD Shining Shore. 
 
 My days are gliding swiftly by, 
 
 And I, a pilgrim stranger, 
 Would not detain them as they fly, 
 
 Those hours of toil and danger. 
 
 Cho. — For oh, we stand on Jordan's strand, 
 Our friends are passing over ; 
 And, just before, the Shining Shore 
 We may almost discover ! 
 
 2 We '11 gird our loins, my brethren dear, 
 Our heavenly home discerning; 
 
 Our absent Lord has left us word, 
 Let every lamp be burning. 
 
 3 Should coming days be cold and dark, 
 We need not cease our singing ; 
 
 That perfect rest naught can molest, 
 Where golden harps are ringing. 
 
 4 Let sorrow's rudest tempest blow, 
 Each cord on earth to sever; 
 
 Our King says,Come, and there 'sour home, 
 For ever, oh, for ever ! 
 
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 How sweet the name of Jesus sounds, 
 
 In a believer's ear ! 
 It soothes his sorrows, heals his wounds, 
 
 And drives away his fear. 
 
 2 It makes the wounded spirit whole, 
 It calms the troubled breast; 
 
 T is manna to the hungry soul, 
 And to the weary, rest. 
 
 3 Jesus! my Shepherd, Guardian, Friend, 
 My Prophet, Priest, and King; 
 
 My Lord, my Life, my Way, my End, 
 Accept the praise I bring. 
 
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 Olmutz. S. M. 
 
 Not all the blood of beasts, 
 
 On Jewish altars slain, 
 Could give the guilty conscience peace, 
 
 Or wash away the stain. 
 
 2 But Christ, the heavenly Lamb, 
 Takes all our sins away; 
 
 A sacrifice of nobler name, 
 And richer blood than they. 
 
 3 My faith would lay her hand 
 On that dear head of thine, 
 
 While like a penitent I stand 
 And there confess my sin. 
 
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 SPIRITUAL SONGS 
 
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 My faith looks up to thee, 
 
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 Thou Lamb of Calvary, 
 
 Saviour divine : 
 Now hear me while I pray, 
 Take all my guilt away, 
 Oh, let me from this day 
 
 Be wholly thine. 
 
 2 May thy rich grace impart 
 Strength to my fainting heart, 
 
 My zeal inspire. 
 As thou hast died for me, 
 Oh, may my love to thee 
 Pure, warm, and changeless be- 
 
 A living fire. 
 
 Sweet Hour. L. M. D. 
 
 Obeying thy divine behest 
 
 We meet, O Christ, to speak of thee : 
 Thou art amongst us as a guest, 
 
 We feel it, though we cannot see; 
 We seem to breathe, in glad surprise, 
 
 An atmosphere of love and bliss, 
 And read within each other's eyes 
 
 To whom it is we owe all this. 
 
 2 How quickly every strife will end, 
 How soon all idle griefs depart, 
 
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 When friend takes counsel thus with friend. 
 When soul meets soul, aid heart meets 
 heart ! 
 
 We have so many things to say, 
 So many failings to confess, 
 
 Time flies, alas ! so soon away, 
 We cannot naif we would express. 
 
 3 Oh, let us then, dear Lord, be blest 
 
 With thy sweet presence every day; 
 Be with us as our daily guest, 
 
 And our companion on the way. 
 Fan our devotion's feeble flame, 
 
 Let us press on to things before; 
 Bring us together in thy name 
 
 Until we meet to part no more. 
 
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 Nearer, my God to thee, 
 
 Nearer to thee ! 
 Ev'n though it be a cross 
 
 That raiseth me, 
 Still, all my song shall be, 
 Nearer, my God, to thee, 
 
 Nearer to thee ! 
 
 2 Though like a wanderer, 
 The sun gone down, 
 
 Darkness be over me, 
 My rest a stone, 
 
238 SPIRITUAL SONGS 
 
 Yet in my dreams I 'd be 
 Nearer, my God, to thee, 
 Nearer to thee ! 
 
 3 There let the way appear 
 Steps unto heaven; 
 
 All that thou sendest me 
 In mercy given; 
 
 Angels to beckon me 
 
 Nearer, my God, to thee, 
 Nearer to thee I 
 
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 1 love thy kingdom, Lord — 
 The house of thine abode — 
 
 The Church our blest Redeemer saved 
 With his own precious blood. 
 
 2 I love thy church, O God ! 
 Her walls before thee stand, 
 
 Dear as the apple of thine eye, 
 And graven on thy hand. 
 
 3 For her my tears shall fall ; 
 For her my prayers ascend ; 
 
 To her my cares and toils be given, 
 Till toils and cares shall end. 
 
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 - f O Laban. S. M. 
 
 My soul, be on thy guard, 
 
 Ten thousand foes arise ; 
 The hosts of sin are pressing hard, 
 
 To draw thee from the skies. 
 
 2 Oh, watch, and fight, and pray ! 
 The battle ne'er give o'er; 
 
 Renew it boldly every day, 
 And help divine implore. 
 
 3 Xe'er think the victory won, 
 Nor lay thine armor down ; 
 
 Thine arduous work will not be done 
 Till thou obtain thy crown. 
 
 4 Fight on, my soul, till death 
 Shall bring thee to thy God ! 
 
 He '11 take thee, at thy parting breath, 
 Up to his blest abode. 
 
 For Opening Service. 
 
 The Lord is in his holy temple ; 
 
 Let all the earth keep silence before him. 
 
 After the Commandments. 
 
 Lord, have mercy upon us, and write all 
 these thy laws in our hearts, we beseech thee. 
 
240 SPIRITUAL SONGS. 
 
 After Prayer, or as a Doxology. 
 
 Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to 
 
 the Holy Ghost, 
 As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever 
 
 shall be, world without end. Amen. 
 
 Benediction. 
 
 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with 
 you all. Amen. 
 
INDEX OF FIRST LINES OF HYMNS. 
 
 No. 
 
 A broken, contrite heart, O Lord 160 
 
 A glory gilda the sacred page 55 
 
 A mighty fortress is ouratod 25 
 
 Acquaint thyself quickly, O sinner, with God 173 
 
 After the Christian's tears 203 
 
 All hail the power of Jesus' name 265 
 
 Angels holy, high and lowly 44 
 
 Angel voices, ever singing 93 
 
 Angry words ! oh, let them never 181 
 
 Are yon sowing the seeds of mercy? 96 
 
 Art then weary, art thou languid 190 
 
 As with gladness men of old 110 
 
 At thy feet, our God and Father 237 
 
 "Be at peace! " Life is hut a transient lease 179 
 
 Beautiful valley of Eden 222 
 
 Beautiful Zion, built above 219 
 
 Beyond life's raging fever 230 
 
 Blessed Saviour! thee I love Ill 
 
 Blest be the tie that binds 260 
 
 Book of grace and book of glory 65 
 
 Break thou the bread of life 53 
 
 Breast the wave, Christian, when it is strongest 209 
 
 By cool Siloam's shady rill 164 
 
 Call Jehovah thy salvation 184 
 
 Can a little child, like me 244 
 
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242 INDEX. 
 
 No. 
 
 Cast thy bread upon the waters 82 
 
 Cease, ye mourners, cease to languish 233 
 
 Child of sin and sorrow 183 
 
 Childhood's years are passing o'er us 162 
 
 Christ for the world we sing 116 
 
 Christ, whose glory fills the skies 17 
 
 Christian ! seek not yet repose 95 
 
 Come, Jesus, Redeemer, abide thou with me 104 
 
 Come, oil, come, with thy broken heart 208 
 
 Come, thou almighty King : 153 
 
 Come, thou Fount of every blessing 253 
 
 Come unto me, ye weary 136 
 
 Crown him with many crowns 101 
 
 Day by day we magnify thee 87 
 
 Death worketh— let me work, too 78 
 
 Delay not, delay not, O sinner, draw near 174 
 
 Down from their home on high 235 
 
 Dread Majesty above! T ... 47 
 
 Ev'n now doth our salvation 228 
 
 Ever would I fain be reading 62 
 
 Everlasting arms of love 115 
 
 Faint not, nor falter in the way 204 
 
 " Follow thou me," is the Master's word 98 
 
 For the beauty of the earth 201 
 
 For thee, O dear, dear Country 249 
 
 From all that dwell below the skies 257 
 
 From every stormy wind that blows 50 
 
 From Greenland's icy mountains 261 
 
 Galilee, bright Galilee 108 
 
 Gentle child of Nazareth! 119 
 
 Gentle Jesus, meek and mild 13C 
 
 Gently, Lord, oh, gently lead us 163 
 
 Give up all for Jesus 1 68 
 
INDEX. 243 
 
 2?o. 
 
 Glorious things of thee are spoken 88 
 
 Glory be to God on high 6 
 
 Glory be to God the Father 216 
 
 Go and tell Jesus, weary, sin-sick soul 187 
 
 Golden harps are sounding 32 
 
 ternal, Lord of all 5 
 
 God is love; that anthem olden 36 
 
 Godislove! ye nations hear him 39 
 
 God make my life a little light 86 
 
 God, my King, thy might confessing 151 
 
 God of heaven ! hear our singing 63 
 
 God that madest earth and heaven 45 
 
 Gracious Saviour, gentle Shepherd 66 
 
 Gracious Spirit, dwell with me 200 
 
 Grander than ocean's story 202 
 
 Guide me, O thou great Jehovah 192 
 
 Hallelujah! fairest morning! 14 
 
 Hail! happy day ! thou day of holy rest 48 
 
 Hail the day that sees him rise 21 
 
 Hail! thou God of grace and glflfy 156 
 
 Hail to the brightness of Zion's glad morning 28 
 
 Hail to the Lord's Anointed 40 
 
 Hark ! hark, my soul; angelic songs are 109 
 
 Hark, the song of jubilee 217 
 
 Hark! the voice of Jesus calling 125 
 
 Hark! 't is the watchman's cry 80 
 
 He leadeth me! oh, blessed thought 149 
 
 He that goeth forth with weeping 81 
 
 Hear the song through heaven ringing 133 
 
 Heavenly Father, grant us grace 69 
 
 H eavenly Father, send thy blessing T 160 
 
 Holy Bible, book divine 59 
 
 Holy Father, cheer our way ! 100 
 
 Holy Father, hear my cry 23 
 
 Holy Father, thou hast taught me 199 
 
 Holy Ghost! dispel our sadness 152 
 
 Holy, holy, holy Lord 24 
 
244 INDEX. 
 
 No. 
 
 Holy, holy, holy ! Lord God Almighty 1 
 
 Holy night ! peaceful night ! 135 
 
 Holy Spirit ! hear us 157 
 
 How precious is the book divine 57 
 
 How shall the young secure their hearts 56 
 
 How sweet is the Bible ! how pure is the light 64 
 
 How sweet the name of Jesus sounds 267 
 
 Humble praises, holy Jesus 140 
 
 I am coming to the cross 207 
 
 I came to Jesus poof and weak 38 
 
 I cannot tell if short or long 189 
 
 I heard a voice, the sweetest voice 127 
 
 I lay my sins on Jesus 158 
 
 I love thy kingdom, Lord... 272 
 
 I think, when I read that sweet story 182 
 
 I will love thee, all my treasure 15 
 
 If you have a pleasant thought 245 
 
 In heavenly love abiding 147 
 
 In the cross of Christ I glory 255 
 
 In the early light of the morning bright 30 
 
 In the house of my Father above ..223 
 
 In thy name, O Lord, assembling 19 
 
 Is thy pathway often drear 71 
 
 It came upon the midnight clear 112 
 
 Jerusalem, the glorious 224 
 
 J eru salem, the golden 226 
 
 Jesus calls us o'er the tumult 178 
 
 Jesus died upon the tree 138 
 
 Jesus hath sought us ; Jesus hath bought 247 
 
 Jesus, high in glory 99 
 
 Jesus, holy, undented 143 
 
 Jesus, I my cross have taken 145 
 
 Jesus ! lover of my soul 256 
 
 Jesus loves the little children 128 
 
 Jesus, mock and lowly 131 
 
INDEX. 243 
 
 Xo. 
 
 Jesus, my Lord, my God, myall 250 
 
 Jesus, name all names above 118 
 
 Jesus, Saviour, pilot me 122 
 
 Jesus, still lead on 12-4 
 
 Jesus, tender Saviour, hast thou died for me 175 
 
 Jesus! the very thought is sweet 132 
 
 Jesus wept! those tears are over 142 
 
 Just as God leads me I would go 188 
 
 Just as I am, without one plea 258 
 
 Lead, kindly Light ! amid the encircling 193 
 
 Lead us, heavenly Father ! lead us 37 
 
 Let us sing, with one accord 34 
 
 Let us with a joyful mind 11 
 
 Lift up, O little children 241 
 
 Light of the world, we hail thee 113 
 
 Light of those whose dreary dwelling 185 
 
 Long my spirit pined in sorrow 1 94 
 
 Look, ye saints, the sight is glorious 215 
 
 Lo! the seal of death is breaking 229 
 
 Lord, dismiss us with thy blessing 35 
 
 Lord, in whose eternal counsels 76 
 
 Lord Jesus, I long to be perfectly whole 167 
 
 Lord of all worlds, incline thy bounteous 89 
 
 Lord of earth! thy forming hand 51 
 
 Lord, thy children guide and keep 68 
 
 Lord, thy glory tills the heaven 33 
 
 Lord ! while for all mankind we pray 239 
 
 Love divine, all love excelling 3 
 
 Make haste, make haste, O man, to live 242 
 
 Master, the tempest is raging ! 197 
 
 May the grace of Christ our Saviour 31 
 
 My country! 't is of thee 240 
 
 My days are gliding swiftly by .266 
 
 My faith looks up to thee 269 
 
 My God, how wonderful thou art 103 
 
246 INDEX. 
 
 No. 
 
 My God! is any hour so sweet 210 
 
 My hope is "built on nothing less 259 
 
 My sheep hear nry voice 46 
 
 My Shepherd will supply my need 102 
 
 My soul, be on thy guard 273 
 
 Nearer, my God, to thee 271 
 
 Nobody knows what I have in my heart 205 
 
 Not all the blood of beasts 268 
 
 Now may he who from the dead 43 
 
 Now thank we all our God 12 
 
 Now the day is over 176 
 
 Now, the sowing and the weeping 246 
 
 Obeying thy divine behest 270 
 
 O Christ ! our King, Creator, Lord ! 105 
 
 O Christ, the Lord of heaven! to thee 106 
 
 O day of rest and gladness 251 
 
 O God, the Rock of Ages 7 
 
 O happy band of pilgrims 84 
 
 O Holy Saviour ! Friend unseen 191 
 
 O Jesus, I have promised 137 
 
 O Jesus, thou the beauty art 123 
 
 O Paradise! O Paradise! 225 
 
 , O sacred Head, now wounded 97 
 
 O Saviour, precious Saviour 252 
 
 O Word of God incarnate 60 
 
 Oh, come to tne merciful Saviour 161 
 
 Oh, for a shout of joy 42 
 
 Oh, how shall I receive thee 180 
 
 Ob, praise the Saviour's holy name 243 
 
 Oh, trust in the goodness of God ! 198 
 
 Once in royal David's city 141 
 
 On Jordan's rugged banks I stand 221 
 
 On our way rejoicing 29 
 
 Our country's voice is pleading 83 
 
INDEX. '247 
 
 yo. 
 
 Our Father, who art in heaven 49 
 
 Our Lord is God for ever 52 
 
 Out amid the waves of ocean 91 
 
 Pass the word along the line 77 
 
 Praise the Lord in song: and with loud 26 
 
 Praise the Lord ! praise him ! 9 
 
 Rejoice, rejoice, helievers ! 99 
 
 Rise, crowned with light, imperial Salem 90 
 
 Rock of ages, cleft for me 254 
 
 Saints of God ! the dawn is brightening 20 
 
 Satan the seed is sowing 172 
 
 Saviour, blessed Saviour ! 134 
 
 Saviour, I am willing now 166 
 
 Saviour, King, in hallowed union 4 
 
 Saviour, let thy love for me 196 
 
 Saviour, on this little band 67 
 
 Saviour ! teach me day by day 129 
 
 Saviour, where so oft unheeding 170 
 
 Saviour, who thy flock art feeding 22 
 
 Shepherd of tender youth 117 
 
 Shepherd ! with thy tenderest love 114 
 
 Since thy Father's arm sustains thee 
 
 Soul, arise! and give Christ room 177 
 
 Soul, then know thy full salvation 146 
 
 Sow the seed, and wait with patience 75 
 
 Sow thy seed and never fear 70 
 
 Strength for to-day is our only need 195 
 
 Summer suns are glowing 234 
 
 Sun of my soul, thou Saviour dear 18 
 
 Sweet the moments, rich in blessing 165 
 
 tty sing the love of Jesus 107 
 
 Take my heart, O Father! take it 171 
 
248 INDEX. 
 
 iTo. 
 
 Tell it out among the heathen that the Lord 79 
 
 Tell me the old, old story 264 
 
 Tell me, whom my soul doth love 54 
 
 Ten thousand times ten thousand 211 
 
 Tender Shepherd, thou hast stilled 232 
 
 The heavens declare his glory 61 
 
 The King of love my Shepherd is 120 
 
 The Lord is my Shepherd, no want shall 1 121 
 
 The morning light is breaking 263 
 
 The prize is set before us 94 
 
 The trees are crowned with glory 238 
 
 The whole world was lost in the darkness 160 
 
 There is a green hill far away 126 
 
 There is a happy land .214 
 
 There is a holy city 227 
 
 There is a home eternal 213 
 
 There is a land immortal 212 
 
 There is a land of pure delight 220 
 
 There's a wideness in God's mercy 159 
 
 Thou who art enthroned above 10 
 
 Thou! whose almighty word 154 
 
 To do thy holy will 206 
 
 To God let all sing praises 8 
 
 To thee, O God, we raise 13 
 
 To thy pastures fair and large 16 
 
 Traveling to the better land 74 
 
 Upon the gospel's sacred page 58 
 
 Upward where the stars are burning 2 
 
 Watchman! tell us of the night 218 
 
 We bring no glittering treasure 72 
 
 We give immortal praise 41 
 
 We march, we march to victory 73 
 
 We may not climb the heavenly steeps 144 
 
 When I walk in God's clear sunlight 236 
 
INDEX. 249 
 
 No. 
 
 When, marshaled on the nightly plain 148 
 
 When morning gilds the skies 139 
 
 When saints gather round thee, dear Saviour 248 
 
 When we get home where Jesus is 231 
 
 While on thy heart is falling In' 
 
 Work, for the night is coming 262 
 
 Worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness 27 
 
 Would 3*ou gain the best in life 8.3 
 
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