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Your heav'nly Father's love is sure,
And therefore, it is well.

4 Soon will your sorrows all be o'er,
And you shall sweetly tell,

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On Canaan's calm and pleasant shore,
That all at last is well.

HYMN 10. Sixth Part. C. M.
Submission.

UBMISSIVE to thy will, my God,
I all to thee resign ;

And bow before thy chast'ning rod-
I mourn, but not repine.

2 Why should my foolish heart complain,
When wisdom, truth, and love
Direct the stroke, inflict the pain,
And point to joys above?

3 How short are all my suff'rings here,
How needful ev'ry cross;
Away, my unbelieving fear,
Nor call my gain, my loss.

4 Then give, dear Lord, or take away,
I'll bless thy sacred name;

My Jesus, yesterday, to-day,

Forever is the same!

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HYMN 11. First Part. C. M.
Jesus.

'M not asham'd to own my Lord,
Nor to defend his cause;

Maintain the honour of his word,
The glory of his cross.

2 Jesus, my God! I know his name ;
His name is all my trust:

Nor will he put my soul to shame,
Nor let my hope be lost.

3 Firm, as his throne, his promise stands, And he can well secure

What I've committed to his hands,
Till the decisive hour.

4 Then will he own my worthless name
Before his Father's face;

And in the new Jerusalem
Appoint my soul a place.

HYMN 11. Second Part. C. M.
The name of Jesus.

TOW sweet the name of Jesus sounds,
In a believer's ear!

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It sooths his sorrows, heals his wounds,
And drives away his fear.

2 It makes the wounded spirit whole,
And calms the troubled breast;
'Tis manna to the hungry soul,
And to the weary rest.

3 Dear name! the rock on which I build,
My shield and hiding place;
My never failing treas❜ry, fill'd
With boundless stores of grace.

4 JESUS! my Shepherd, Husband, Friend,
My Prophet, Priest, and King;
My Lord, my Life, my Way, my End;
Accept the praise I bring.

5 Weak is the effort of my heart,
And cold my warmest thought;
But, when I see thee as thou art,
I'll praise thee as I ought.

6 Till then, I would thy love proclaim
With ev'ry fleeting breath;

And may the music of thy name
Refresh my soul in death.

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HYMN 11.

Third Part. L. M.

Jesus the gift of God.

ESUS, my love, my chief delight,
For thee I long, for thee I pray ;
Amid the shadows of the night,
Amid the bus'ness of the day.

2 When shall I see thy smiling face,
Which I, thro' faith, have often seen?
Arise, thou Sun of Righteousness,
Dispel the clouds that intervene.
3 Thou art the glorious gift of God,
To sinners weary and distrest;
The first of all his gifts bestow'd,
And certain pledge of all the rest.
4 Now I can say this gift is mine,
I'll tread the world beneath my feet ;
No more at pain or want repine,
Nor envy the rich sinner's state.
5 This precious jewel let me keep,
And lodge it deep within my heart;
At home, abroad, awake, asleep,
It never shall from thence depart.

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HYMN 11. Fourth Part. L. M.
Jesus the only Saviour.

JESUS, the spring of joys divine,

Whence all our hopes and comforts flow: Jesus, no other name, but thine,

Can save us from eternal woe.

2 In vain would boasting reason find
The way to happiness and God;
Her weak directions leave the mind
Bewilder'd in a dubious road.

3 No other name will heav'n approve ;
Thou art the true, the living way,

Ordain'd by everlasting love,

To the bright realms of endless day. 4 Safe lead us thro' this world of night, And bring us to the blissful plains, The regions of unclouded light, Where perfect joy for ever reigns. HYMN 11. Fifth Part. L. M. I love Jesus.

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HE wond'ring world inquires to know Why I should love my Jesus so: "What are his charms," say they, “ above "The objects of a mortal love ?"

2 All-over glorious is my Lord,
He must be lov'd and yet ador'd;
His worth if all the nations knew,

Sure the whole earth would love him too.
3 The Love of Christ is strong as death,
He seal'd it with his latest breath;
My love to him, secur'd by grace,
No pains nor doubts can e'er deface.
4 What can destroy, what separate
A love so pure, so free, so great?
In heav'n both faith and hope subside;
But love forever will abide.

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HYMN 12. First Part. C. M.
The Offices of Christ.

WE bless the Prophet of the Lord,

That comes with truth and grace;

Jesus, thy spirit, and thy word,

Shall lead us in thy ways.

2 We rev'rence our High-Priest above,
Who offer'd up his blood,

And lives to carry on his love,
By pleading with our God.

3 We honour our exalted King; How sweet are his commands !

He guards our souls from hell and sin,
By his almighty hands.

4 Hosanna to his blessed name,
Who saves by glorious ways;
Th' anointed Saviour has a claim
To our immortal praise.

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HYMN 12. Second Part. P. M.
The Offices of Christ.

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OIN all the glorious names
Of wisdom, love, and pow'r,

That ever mortals knew,

That angels ever bore;

All are too mean to speak his worth;
Too mean to set my Saviour forth.
2 Great Prophet of my God,
My tongue would bless thy name :
By thee the joyful news

Of our salvation came;

The joyful news of sins forgiv'n,
Of hell subdu'd, and peace with heav'n.

3 Jesus my great High Priest,
Offer'd his blood and died;
My guilty conscience seeks
No sacrifice beside.

His pow'rful blood did once atone;
And now it pleads before the throne.
4 My dear and mighty Lord,
My Conq'ror, and my King;
Thy sceptre and thy sword,
Thy reigning grace I sing.
Thine is the pow'r; behold! I sit
In willing bonds beneath thy feet.

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