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Grant me to see thy blissful face,
And I desire no more!

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HYMN 219. c. M.

OD, my supporter and my hope,
My help for ever near!

Thine arm of mercy holds me up,
And saves me from despair.

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2. Thy counsels, Lord! shall guide my feet
Through this dark wilderness;

Thy hand conduct me near thy seat,
To dwell before thy face.

3. What if the springs of life were broke,
And flesh and heart should faint?
God is my soul's eternal rock,
The strength of ewry saint.

4. Behold, the sinners, that remove
Far from thy presence, die:
Not all the idol-gods they love
Can save them when they cry.

5. But to draw near to thee, my God!
Shall be my sweet employ,

My tongue shall sound thy works abroad, And tell the world my joy.

HYMN 220. L. M.

1. GREAT God, induige my humble claim Be thou my hope, my joy, my rest! The glories that compose thy name, Stand all engag'd to make me blest. 2. Thou great and good, thou just and wise, Thou art my Father and my God! And I am thine by sacred ties,

Thy child and servant, bought with blood.

3. With heart and eyes and lifted hands,
For thee I long, for thee I look,
As travellers in thirsty lands

Pant for the cooling water-brook.

4. Ev'n life itself, without thy love, No lasting pleasure can afford:

Yea, twould a tiresome burden prove, If I were banish'd from thee, Lord. 5. I'll lift my hands, I'll raise my voice, While I have breath to pray or praise. This work shall make my heart rejoice, Throughout the remnant of my days. HYMN 221. L. M.

1. thou, to whose all-searching sight, The darkness shineth as the light! Search, prove my heart; it pants for thee: O burst these bonds, and set it free. 2. Wash out its stains, refine its dross; Nail my affections to the cross; Hallow each thought; let all within Be clean, as thou, my Lord, art clean. 3. If in this darksome wild I stray, Be thou my light, be thou my way. No foes, no violence I fear,

No fraud, while thou, my God, art near. 4. When rising floods my soul o'erflow, When sinks my heart in waves of wo; Saviour, thy timely aid impart,

And raise my head, and cheer my heart. 5. If rough and thorny be the way, My strength proportion to my day; "Till toil, and grief, and pain shall cease, Where all is calm and joy and peace.

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HYMN 222. L. M.

BESET with snares on ev'ry hand,

In life's uncertain path I stand:
Father divine! diffuse thy light,

To guide my doubtful footsteps right.
2. Engage this frail, this wav'ring heart,
Wisely to choose the better part;
To scorn the trifles of a day,
For joys that never fade away.
3. Then let the wildest storms arise;
Let tempests mingle earth and skies:

No fatal shipwreck shall I fear,
But all my treasures with me bear.
4. If thou, my Father! still be nigh,
Cheerful I live, and joyful die;
Secure, when mortal comforts flee,"
To find ten thousand worlds in thee.

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HYMN 223. c. M.

Y God, the visits of thy face
Afford superior joy

To all the flatt ring world can give,
Or mortal hopes employ.

2. But clouds and darkness intervene,
My brightest joys decline;

And earth's gay trifles oft ensnare
This wandring heart of mine.

3. Lord, guide this wand'ring heart to thee; Unsatisfied I stray;

Break through the shades of sense and sin
With thy enliv'ning ray.

4. O let thy beams resplendent shine,
And ev'ry cloud remove;

Transform my pow'rs, and fit my soul
For happier scenes above.

5. Lord, raise my faith, my hope, my heart, To those transporting joys;

Then shall I scorn each little snare,
Which this vain world employs.

6. Then, though I sink in death's cold sleep. To life I shall awake;

And, in the likeness of my God,
Of heav'nly bliss partake.
HYMN 224. L. M.

1. IN vain my roving thoughts would find
A portion worthy of the mind:
On earth my soul can never rest,
For earth can never make me blest.

2. Can lasting happiness be found,

Where seasons roll their hasty round,

And days and hours with rapid flight
Sweep cares and pleasures out of sight?
3. Arise, my thoughts! my heart arise!
Leave this vain world, and seek the skies:
There joys for evermore shall last,
When seasons, days, and hours are past.
4. Thy mercy, Lord, to me impart :
O raise my thoughtless, wand'ring heart
To pleasures perfect and sublime,
Unmeasur'd by the wings of time.

5. Let those bright worlds of endless joy
My thoughts, my hopes, my cares employ.
No more, ye restless passions, roam:
God is my bliss, and heav'n my home.

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THE DANGER AND MISERY

MAN

OF SIN.

HYMN 225. L. M.

has a soul of vast desires;

He burns within with restless fires.
Tost to and fro, his passions fly
From vanity to vanity.

2. In vain on earth we hope to find
Some solid good to fill the mind;
We try new pleasures, but we feel
The inward thirst and torment still.
8. So, when a raging fever burns,
We shift from side to side by turns;
And 'tis a poor relief we gain,

To change the place, but keep the pain. 4. Great God! subdue this vicious thirst, This love to vanity and dust;

Cure the vile fever of the mind,

And feed our souls with joys refin'd.
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HYMN 226 c. M.

WHEN in the light of faith divine
We look on things below;

Honour, and gold, and sensual joy,
How vain and dang`rous too!

2. Honour's a puff of noisy breath:
Yet men expose their blood,
And venture everlasting death,
To gain that airy good.

3. Whilst others starve the nobler mind,
And feed on shining dust,
They sacrifice eternal bliss

To mean and sordid lust.

4. The pleasures, which allure our sense,
Are dang'rous snares to souls:
There's but a drop of flatt'ring sweet,
And dash'd with bitter bowls.

5. God is my all-sufficient good,
My portion and my choice;
In him my vast desires are fill'd,
And all my pow'rs rejoice.

HYMN 227. c. M.

1. SINNERS! the voice of God regard : "Tis mercy speaks to-day; He calls you by his gracious word From sin's destructive way.

2. Like the rough sea that cannot rest,
You live devoid of peace;

A thousand stings within your breast
Deprive your souls of ease.

3. Your way is dark, and leads to hell:
Why will you persevere ?
Can you in frightful torments dwell,
Shut up in black despair?

4. Bow to the sceptre of his word,
Renouncing ev'ry sin;

Submit to him your sov'reign Lord,
And learn his will divine.