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PSALM xlviii. 14. ISAIAH xxv. 8.

HE God who created the skies,

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The strength and support of his saints, Who gives them all needful supplies, And hearkens to all their complaints, 2 This God is the God we adore, Our faithful, unchangeable, friend, Whose love is as great as his power, And neither knows measure nor end. 3 'Tis Jesus, the first and the last, Whose Spirit shall guide us safe home; We'll praise him for all that is past, And trust him for all that's to come.

PSALM Xvii. 15. 1 JOHN iii. 2.

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HE God who reigns above, we call
Our Father and our Friend,
And, blessed thought, his children all
Shall see him in the end.

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2 Though now unknown, they then shall be,
The sons of God confessed;
Those that disown them now,
That they alone are blessed.
3 Then let us while we are on earth,
With foes and strangers mixed,
Be mindful of our heavenly birth,
Our thoughts on glory fixed.

4 We're called to glorify him here,
To seek celestial bliss;

And when the Saviour shall appear,
He will declare us his.

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MATTHEW X. 16. 1 JOHN ii. 6.

HE gospel calls to peace and love,
And bids us, as believers, be
Like serpents wise, and like the dove,
Adorned with meek simplicity.

2 If e'er unholy tempers rise,
Anger, or pride, or selfish strife,
To Jesus we will lift our eyes,
Bright pattern of the christian life.

3 For he was meek, and good, and kind,
Lowly, and ready to forgive;
And meet it is his faultless mind,
Should be the rule by which we live.
4 To do his heavenly Father's will
Was his employment and delight;
While constant love and holy zeal,
Shone through his life divinely bright.
5 He raised to strength the palsied frame,
He healed the sick, he soothed distress;
And scattering good where'er he came,
He lived to love, he toiled to bless,

6 Thy fair example, Lord, we trace
To teach us what we ought to be;
Oh, grant us thy transforming grace,
To make us daily more like thee.

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EPHESIANS ii. 8, 9.

1 THE gospel comes with welcome news Of pardon full and free;

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Their various schemes while others choose,
Saviour, we come to thee.

2 Of merit never can we speak,
For merit we have none,
But justified for Jesus' sake,
We're saved by grace alone

3 'Twas grace our wayward hearts first won,
'Tis grace that holds us fast;
Grace will complete the work begun,
And save us at the last.

4 Then shall our souls, with rapture, trace
The love that sets us free;

And celebrate redeeming grace
Throughout eternity.

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ISAIAH xl. 6.

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1 THE grass and flowers which clothe the field, And look so green and gay,

Touched by the scythe, defenceless yield,
And fall, and fade away.

2 Ah, trust not to your fleeting breath,
Nor call your time your own;

Around you look, the scythe of death
In mowing thousands down.

3 The grass, when dead, revives no more,
We, die to live again;

But oh, if death should prove the door
To everlasting pain!

4 Make sinners, Lord, to hear thy call,
That from their sins set free,

When, like the grass, their bodies fall,
Their souls may rise to thee.

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PSALM XIX. MALACHI iv. 2. JOHN i. 4.

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HE heavens declare thy glory, Lord, In every star thy wisdom shines; But when our eyes behold thy word, We read thy name in fairer lines. 2 Thy noblest wonders here we view, In souls renewed and sins forgiven; Lord, now the dead in sins renew, And make thy word their guide to heaven. 3 Great Sun of Righteousness, arise, Bless the dark world with heavenly light; Thy gospel makes the simple wise; Thy laws are pure, thy judgments right. 4 Let not thy spreading gospel rest Till through the world thy truth has run ; Till Thou hast all the nations blessed, That see the light or feel the sun.

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ISAIAH XXV. 6.

MATTHEW Xxii. 2-14.-xxv. 11, 12, 30. C. M.

1 THE king of heaven hath made a feast,

In honor of our Lord;

Not paradise, though bright and blest,
Could such delight afford.

2 Pardon and peace to dying men,
And endless life are given,

Through the rich blood that Jesus shed
To raise our souls to heaven.

3 Millions have come to share the joy,
And millions more may come;
Nor could the whole assembled world
O'erfill the spacious room.

4 Come sinner to the feast to-day,
Choose not despair and shame;
Ask for admission while you may,
Ask in the Saviour's name.

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JOHN i. 17. HEBREWS iii. 2-6.

HE law by Moses came,

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But peace, and truth, and love,

Were brought by Christ, a nobler name
Descending from above.

2 Within the house of God,

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Their different works were done:
Moses a faithful servant stood,

But Christ a faithful Son.

Then to his high commands

Be all obedience paid:

For o'er his Father's house he stands
The Sovereign and the Head.

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LUKE ii. 14.

THE long expected morn

Has dawned upon the earth;

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