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RAW near, O ye blessed and help me to sing,
The treasures for you laid in store,
When at last you shall meet your Shepherd
and King

To weep in this desert no more.

2 O think with what rapturous shouts we shall rise,

To join with the glorified choirs;

When Jesus' bright chariot appears in the skies,
And death at his coming expires!

3 When "Come, O ye blessed," sounds sweet in our ears,

By love everlasting express'd,

What place will be found for our doubts and our fears,

In sight of the mansion of rest!

4 No more shall the wicked our comforts annoy, Nor conscience from guilt feel a wound; No tree of temptation, our peace to destroy, Shall in the blest region be found.

5 Anticipate heaven, 'twill sweeten those hours When sorrows all round you appear;

Will strew all the road to Mount Zion with

flowers,

And smooth the rough pathway of care.

Rev. vii. 10.

COME let us sing the matchless worth,
And sweetly sound the glories forth
Which in the Saviour shine:
To God and Christ our praises bring;
The song with which the heavens ring,
Now let us gladly join.

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2 How rich the precious blood He spilt!
Our ransom from the dreadful guilt
Of sin against our God:

How perfect was His righteousness!
In which unspotted, beauteous dress,
His saints have ever stood!

3 How rich the character He bears!
And all the form of love He wears,
Exalted on the throne:

In songs of sweet, untiring praise,
We would, to everlasting days,
Make all His glories known.

4 And soon the happy day shall come,
When we shall reach our destin'd home,
And see Him face to face;

Then with our Saviour, Brother, Friend,
The one unbroken day we'll spend
In singing still His grace.

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Rom. v. 5.

OLY Ghost, dispel our sadness,
Pierce the clouds of sinful night,

8 7's

Come Thou source of sweetest gladness,
Breathe Thy Life and spread Thy light!
From that height which knows no measure,
As a gracious shower descend,
Bringing down the richest treasure,

Saints can wish, or God can send.

2 Come, Thou best of all donations
God can give, or we implore;
Having Thy sweet consolations,
We need wish for nothing more:
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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Luke i. 78.

HRIST, whose glory fills the skies,
Christ the true the only Light,
Son of righteousness, arise,

Triumph o'er the shades of night;
Day Spring from on high be near,
Day Star in my heart appear.

2 Dark and cheerless is the morn,
Unaccompanied by Thee;
Joyless is the day's return,
Till Thy mercy's beams I see:
Till they inward light impart,
Glad my eye and cheer

my heart.

3 Visit then this soul of mine,

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Pierce the gloom of sin and grief,
Fill me, radiancy divine,

Scatter all my unbelief;

More and more Thyself display,
Shining to the perfect day.

Zec. iv. 7.

FREE grace to every heav'n-born soul,

Will be their constant theme;
Long as eternal ages roll,

They'll still adore the Lamb.

2 Free grace alone can wipe the tears
From our lamenting eyes!

Can raise our souls from guilty fears,
To joy that never dies.

3 Free grace can death itself outbrave,
And take its sting away:

Can souls unto the utmost save,
And then to heaven convey.

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4 May I be found a living stone,
In Salem's streets above;

And help to sing, before the throne,
Free grace and dying love.

VAS

Eph. i. 8 9.

AST were the settlements of grace,
On millions of the human race;
And every favour richly giv'n,

Flows from the high decree of heav'n.

2 In every mercy full and free,
A sovereign God I wish to see;

L. M.

To see how grace, free grace, has reign'd,
In every blessing He ordain'd.

3 Yes, dearest Lord! 'tis my desire
Thy wise appointments to admire;
And trace the footsteps of my God,
Through every path in Zion's road.

Rev. iii. 14.

WE bless thee, O Thou great Amen!
Jehovah's pledge to sinful men,
Confirming all His Word!
Doubtful no promises remain,
For all are Yea, and all Amen,
In Thee, our faithful Lord.

2 How great the grace of God to bless
By Thee, the Lord our righteousness!
By Thee we say again:

For to us all things thus are sure,
Through life, in death, and evermore,
By Thee, the Great Amen.

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3 O faithful Witnesser of God,
Who cam❜st by water and by blood!
In Thee, (the Holy One)
God's record doth for ever stand,
Of life eternal, from His hand,
To all in Thee the Son.

4 Gladly His promises we hear,
For God's "Amen" dispels all fear,
His faithfulness it proves;

And while such grace from God is shown,
To His Amen, we add our own:
For our Amen He loves.

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Psalm cvii. 24.

WE'RE bound for yonder land,

Where Jesus reigns supreme;

We leave the shore at His command,
Forsaking all for Him.

The perils of the sea,

The rocks, the waves, the wind,
Are small whatever they may be,
To those we leave behind.

The Lord Himself will keep
His people safe from harm;

Will hold the helm, and guide the ship,
With His Almighty arm.

Then let the tempests roar,
The billows heave and swell;

We trust to reach the peaceful shore

Where all the ransom'd dwell.

S. M