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Luke xviii. 1.

L.M.

1-Prayer was appointed to convey
The blessings God designs to give ;
Long as they live should Christians pray,
For only while they pray they live.

2-The Christian's heart his prayer indites, He speaks as prompted from within; The Spirit his petition writes,

And Christ receives and gives it in.

3—And wilt thou in dead silence lie,

When Christ stands waiting for thy prayer?

My soul, thou hast a Friend on high ;—
Arise and try thy interest there.

4-If pains afflict or wrongs oppress,
If cares distract or fears dismay,
If guilt deject, if sin distress,
The remedy's before thee,-pray.

5 Tis prayer supports the soul that's weak, Though thought be broken, language lame Pray if thou canst or canst not speak; pray with faith in Jesu's name.

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6-Depend on Him, thou canst not fail ;
Make all thy wants and wishes known ;
Fear not, His merits must prevail;
Ask what thou wilt, it shall be done.

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Rom. xiii. 12.

1-Soon and for ever the breaking of day

P.M.

Shall chase all the night-clouds of sorrow

away;

Soon and for ever we'll see as we're seen,
And know the deep meaning of things
that have been,-

Where fightings without and conflicts within
Shall weary no more in the warfare with

sin,—

Where tears and where fears and where death shall be never,

Christians with Christ shall be soon and

for ever.

2-Soon and for ever,-such promise our trust,

Though ashes to ashes, and dust be to dust,

Soon and for ever our union shall be

Made perfect, our glorious Redeemer, in

Thee;

When the cares and the sorrows of time

shall be o'er,

Its pangs

more,

and its partings remembered no

Where life cannot fail and where death can

not sever,

Christians with Christ shall be soon and for ever.

3-Soon and for ever the work shall be done, The warfare accomplished, the victory won ; Soon and for ever the soldier lay down

The sword for a harp, the cross for a

crown :

Then droop not in sorrow, despond not in fear,
A glorious to-morrow is brightening and

near,

When-blessed reward for each faithful endeavour,

Christians with Christ shall be soon and

for ever!

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Psalm lxxiii. 25, 26.

P.M.

1-Pass away earthly joy,
Break every mortal tie,
Jesus is mine!

Dark is the wilderness;
Distant the resting-place;
Jesus alone can bless :-
Jesus is mine!

2-Tempt not my soul away,
Here would I ever stay,
Jesus is mine!

Perishing things of clay,
Born but for one brief day,
Pass from my heart away,
Jesus is mine!

3-Fare ye well, dreams of night, Mine is a dawning bright, Jesus is mine!

All that my soul has tried
Left but a dismal void;
Jesus has satisfied,-

Jesus is mine!

4-Farewell mortality, Welcome eternity,

Jesus is mine!

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Welcome ye scenes of rest,
Welcome ye mansions blest,
Welcome a Saviour's breast,

Jesus is mine!

Psalm lxv. 2.

C.M.

1-There is an eye that never sleeps
Beneath the wing of night;

There is an ear that never shuts,
When sink the beams of light.

2-There is an arm that never tires,

When human strength gives way;

There is a love that never fails,
When earthly loves decay.

3-That eye is fix'd on seraph throngs;
That arm upholds the sky;
That ear is fill'd with angel songs;
That love is thron'd on high.

4-But there's a power which man can wield, When mortal aid is vain,

That eye, that arm, that love to reach,
That listening ear to gain.