6 Bless'd are the pure whose hearts are clean
From the dominion of their sin;
With endless pleasure they shall see,
A God of spotless purity.

7 Bless'd are the men of peaceful life,
Who quench the coals of growing strife;
They shall be call'd the heirs of bliss,
The sons of God, the God of peace.
8 Bless'd are the sufferers who partake
Of pain and shame for Jesus' sake;
Their souls shall triumph in the Lord,
Glory and joy are their reward.

37. "I beheld, and lo a great multitude."

Rev. vii. 9.

L. M.

BLESS'D are the saints who dwell in light,

And walk with Jesus cloth'd in white;

Safe landed on that peaceful shore,
Where pilgrims meet to part no more.

2 Releas'd from sin, and toil, and grief,
Death was their gate to endless life;
An open cage to let them fly,

And reach their happy nest on high.

3. And now they range the heav'nly plains,
And sing their hymns in thankful strains;
And now their souls can fully prove
The heights and depths of Jesu's love.

4 He cheers with his eternal smile,
They sing hosannahs all the while;

And taste of joys for ever sweet,
Casting their crowns before his feet.

5 Ah! Lord, with tardy steps I creep,
And sometimes sing, and sometimes weep;
Yet strip me of this house of clay,
And I will sing as loud as they.

38.

"Behold what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us.!" 1 Jn. iii. 1.

BLESSED are the sons of God,

They are bought with Jesus' blood;
They are ransom'd from the grave ;
Life eternal they shall have.

2 God did love them in his Son,
Long before the world begun;
They the seal of this receive,
When on Jesus they believe.

3 They are justified by grace,
They enjoy a solid peace;

All their sins are wash'd away;
They shall stand in God's great day.

4 They produce the fruits of grace,
Cloth'd in Jesus' righteousness!
Born of God, they hate all sin;
God's pure seed remains within.

5 They have fellowship with God,
Through the Mediator's blood;
One with God, through Jesus one,
Glory is in them begun.

7's.

39.

"Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound."-Ps. lxxxix. 15.

C. M.

BLESS'D are the souls that hear and know
The gospel's joyful sound;

Peace shall attend the path they go,
And light their steps surround.

2 Their joy shall bear their spirits up,
Through their Redeemer's name;
His righteousness exalts their hope,
Nor Satan dares condemn.

3 The Lord our glory and defence,
Strength and salvation gives;
Israel, thy King for ever reigns,
Thy God for ever lives.

40.

"An inheritance incorruptible, unde- C. M.

filed, and that fadeth not away." 1 Pet. i. 4

BLESS'D be the everlasting God,
The Father of our Lord;

Be his abounding mercy prais'd,
His majesty ador❜d.

2 When from the dead he rais'd his Son,
And call'd him to the sky,

He gave our souls a lively hope,
That they should never die.

3 What tho' our inbred sins require,
Our flesh to see the dust;

Yet as the Lord our Saviour rose,
So all his followers must.

4 There's an inheritance divine, Reserv'd against that day; 'Tis uncorrupted, undefil'd, And cannot fade away.

5 Saints by the pow'r of God are kept,
"Till the salvation come;

We walk by faith as strangers here,
"Till Christ shall call us home.

41.

"Rivers of water in a dry place."

Isa. xxxii. 2.

L.M.

BLESS'D Jesus! source of grace divine,

What soul-refreshing streams are thine!

O bring these healing waters nigh,
Or we must droop, and fall, and die.

2 No traveller thro' desert lands,

'Midst scorching suns, and burning sands, More needs the current to obtain,

Or to enjoy refreshing rain.

3 Our longing souls aloud would sing, Spring up, celestial fountain, spring; To a redundant river flow,

And cheer this thirsty land below.

4 May this blest river near my side,
Thro' all the desert gently glide;
Then in Immanuel's land above,
Spread to a sea of joy and love!

42.

"Worthy is the Lamb!"-Rev. v. 12.

BRETHREN, let us join to bless

Jesus Christ, our joy and peace:
Let our praise to him be giv'n,
High at God's right hand in heav'n!

2 Master see, to thee we bow;
Thou art Lord, and only thou :
Thou the blessed virgin's seed,
Glory of thy church and head.

3 Thee the angels ceaseless sing,
Thee we praise, our Priest and King;
Worthy is thy name of praise,
Full of glory, full of grace.

4 Thou hast the glad tidings brought,
Of salvation by thee wrought;
Wrought for all thy church; and we
Worship in their company.

5 We, thy little flock, adore
Thee, the Lord, for evermore;
Ever with us shew thy love,
'Till we join with those above!

43.

"Jesus Christ, the same yesterday, today, and for ever."-Heb. xiii. 8.

BRETHREN, let us look around,

To creation's utmost bound;

Lo! this beauteous fabric shall
Into dire confusion fall:

7's.

7's.