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BRATTLE STREET. C. M. Double.*

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PLEYEL. Arranged.

1. Whilst thee I seek, protect-ing Power! Be my vain wish-es

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stilled;

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Thy love the power of thought bestowed; To thee my thoughts would soar :

324.

Devotion.

See also HONOLULU 110.

1. WHILST thee I seek, protecting Power!
Be my vain wishes stilled;
And may this consecrated hour
With better hopes be filled.

2. Thy love the power of thought bestowed;
To thee my thoughts would soar:
Thy mercy o'er my life has flowed;
That mercy I adore.

3. In each event of life how clear
Thy ruling hand I see!
Each blessing to my soul most dear,
Because conferred by thee.

4. In every joy that crowns my days,
In every pain I bear,

My heart shall find delight in praise,
Or seek relief in prayer.

5. When gladness wings my favored hour, Thy love my thoughts shall fill;

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3. The little cloud increases still,

The heavens are big with rain ;

My tongue broke out in unknown strains, And sung surprising grace.

We haste to catch the teeming shower, 3. "Great is the work!" my neighbors cried,

And all its moisture drain.

4. A rill, a stream, a torrent flows! But pour a mighty flood;

O sweep the nations, shake the earth, "Till all proclaim thee, God!

5. And when thou mak'st thy jewels up, And sett'st thy starry crown;

And owned the power divine; "Great is the work!" my heart replied, "And be the glory thine."

4. The Lord can clear the darkest skies, Can give us day for night;

Make drops of sacred sorrow rise
To rivers of delight.

When all thy sparkling gems shall shine, 5. Let those, who sow in sadness, wait

Proclaimed by thee thine own;

6. May we, a little band of love,

We sinners, saved by grace, From glory unto glory changed, Behold thee face to face.

326. Presence of God in Affliction.
1. THY gracious presence, O my God!
Can soothe my inward pains;
With this, beneath affliction's load,
My heart no more complains.
2. This can my every care control,

And gild each scene with light;
This is the sunshine of the soul;
Without it, all is night.

3. My Lord! my Life! Oh! cheer my heart With thy reviving ray;

Oh! bid these mournful shades depart,
And bring the dawn of day.

4. Oh! happy scenes of pure delight,
Where the full beams arise; ·
Unclouded beauty to the sight.-
Sweet rapture and surprise!

5. Lord! shall these breathings of my heart Aspire, in vain, to thee?

Confirm my hope, that, where thou art,
I shall for ever be.

6. Then shall my cheerful spirit sing
The darkest hours away,
And rise, on faith's expanding wing,
To everlasting day.

327. The Change effected by Grace.

1. WHEN God revealed his gracious name,
And changed my mournful state,
My rapture seemed a pleasing dream,
The grace appeared so great.

2. The world beheld the glorious change, And did thy hand confess;

Till the fair harvest come:

They shall confess their sheaves are great, And shout the blessings home.

328. Vows made in Trouble, paid in the Church.

1. WHAT shall I render to my God, For all his kindness shown? My feet shall visit thine abode,

My songs address thy throne.

2. Among the saints that fill thy house,
My offering shall be paid;
There shall my zeal perform the vows
My soul in anguish made.

3. How much is mercy thy delight,
Thou ever-blessed God!
How dear thy servants in thy sight-
How precious is their blood!

4. How happy all thy servants are!
How great thy grace to me!
My life, which thou hast made thy care
Lord! I devote to thee.

5. Now I am thine-for ever thine;
Nor shall my purpose move;
Thy hand hath loosed my bonds of pai
And bound me with thy love.

6. Here, in thy courts, I leave my vow,
And thy rich grace record;
Witness, ye saints! who hear me no
If I forsake the Lord.

Doxology.

1. THE God of mercy be adored,

Who calls our souls from death; Who saves by his redeeming Word And new-creating Breath.

2. To praise the Father, and the Son, And Spirit, all divine,

The One in Three, and Three in
Let saints and angels join.

FOUNTAIN. C. M.*

NOT TOO
COO FAST.

1. There is

SPIRITUAL SONGS.

a fountain filled with blood, Drawn from Immanuel's veins; And

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sinners plunged beneath that flood, Lose all their guilty stains, Lose all their guilty stains.

329. Christ the Living Fountain.

See also CHRISTMAS 12.

1. THERE is a fountain filled with blood,
Drawn from Immanuel's veins;
And sinners plunged beneath that flood,
Lose all their guilty stains.

2. The dying thief rejoiced to see

That fountain in his day;
And there may I, though vile as he,
Wash all my sins away.

3. Dear, dying Lamb! thy precious blood Shall never lose its power,

Till all the ransomed church of God
Be saved, to sin no more.

4. E'er since by faith I saw the stream
Thy flowing wounds supply,
Redeeming love has been my theme,
And shall be till I die.

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For every humble guest.

2. Here Jesus stands with open arms;
He calls, he bids you come;
Guilt holds you back, and fear alarms;
But see, there yet is room.

3. Room in the Saviour's bleeding heart;
There love and pity meet;
Nor will he bid the soul depart,
That trembles at his feet.

4. O come, and with his children, taste
The blessings of his love;
While hope attends the sweet repast
Of nobler joys above.

5. There, with united heart and voice,
Before th' eternal throne,
Ten thousand thousand souls rejoice,
In songs on earth unknown.

333. Sufferings of Christ for Sinners.
1. FATHER! I sing thy wondrous grace,
I bless my Saviour's name;
He brought salvation for the poor,
And bore the sinner's shame.

2. His deep distress hath raised us high; His duty and his zeal

Fulfilled the law, which mortals broke,
And finished all thy will.

8. Zion is thine, most holy God!

Thy Son shall bless her gates;
And glory, purchased by his blood,
For thine own Israel waits.

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335. The Promise to Abraham.

1. How large the promise-how divine,

To Abra'm and his seed!
"I'll be a God to thee and thine,
Supplying all their need."

2. The words of his extensive love
From age to age endure;
The Angel of the covenant proves,
And seals the blessings sure.

3. Jesus the ancient faith confirms,
To our forefathers given;

He takes young children in his arms,
And calls them heirs of heaven.

4. Our God,-how faithful are his ways!
His love endures the same;
Nor, from the promise of his grace,
Blots out the children's name.

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337.

See also BRATTLE STREET 106.

Come unto me. Matt. xi. 28.

1. I HEARD the voice of Jesus say,
Come unto me and rest;

Lay down, thou weary one, lay down
Thy head upon my breast.
I came to Jesus as I was,

Weary, and worn, and sad,
I found in him a resting-place,
And he has made me glad.
2. I heard the voice of Jesus say,

Behold, I freely give

The living water; thirsty one,
Stoop down, and drink, and live.

I came to Jesus, and I drank
Of that life-giving stream;
My thirst was quenched, my soul re
vived,

And now I live in him.

3. I heard the voice of Jesus say,
I am this dark world's light;
Look unto me, thy morn shall rise,
And all thy day be bright.
I looked to Jesus, and I found
In him my Star, my Sun;
And in that light of life I'll walk,
Till traveling days are done.

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