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2 Other refuge have I none;

Hangs my helpless soul on Thee;
Leave, ah! leave me not alone,

Still support and comfort me.
All my trust on Thee is stayed,
All my help from Thee I bring;
Cover my defenceless head

With the shadow of Thy wing.

3 Wilt thou not regard my call?

Wilt thou not accept my prayer? Lo, I sink, I faint, I fall!

Lo, on Thee I cast my care; Reach me out Thy gracious hand! While I of Thy strength receive, Hoping against hope I stand,

Dying, and behold I live!

4 Thou, O Christ, art all I want;
More than all in Thee I find:
Raise the fallen, cheer the faint,
Heal the sick, and lead the blind.
Just and holy is Thy Name;

I am all unrighteousness;
False and full of sin I am,

Thou art full of truth and grace.

5 Plenteous grace with Thee is found,
Grace to cover all my sin;
Let the healing streams abound;
Make and keep me pure within.
Thou of life the Fountain art,

Freely let me take of Thee;
Spring Thou up within my heart,
Rise to all eternity.

Rev. Charles Wesley, 1740

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storm of life is past; Safe in- to the ha-ven guide, O receive my soul at last.

A-MEN.

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1 Lift up your heads, ye might-y gates, Be - hold, the King of Glo

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The King of kings is draw-ing near, The Sav-iour of the world is here. A - MEN.

2 The Lord is just, a Helper tried;
Mercy is ever at His side;
His kingly crown is holiness,
His sceptre, pity in distress.

3 O blest the land, the city blest,
Where Christ the Ruler is confessed!
O happy hearts and happy homes
To whom this King in triumph comes!

From earthly use for heaven's employ,
Adorned with prayer, and love, and joy.

5 Redeemer, come: I open wide
My heart to Thee; here, Lord, abide.
Let me Thy inner presence feel;
Thy grace and love in me reveal.

6 So come, my Sovereign; enter in,
Let new and nobler life begin;
Thy Holy Spirit guide us on
Until our glorious goal is won.
Rev. Georg Weissel, publ. 1642. Trans. by Catherine Winkworth, 1855:
each verse abr.; verse 6, arr.

4 Fling wide the portals of your heart; Make it a temple, set apart

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