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JOY

JOY.

HYMN 148.

is a fruit that will not grow In nature's barren soil;

(C. M.)

All we can boast, till Christ we know,
Is vanity and toil.

2 A bleeding Saviour, seen by faith,
A sense of pard'ning love,

A hope that triumphs over death,
Give joys like those above.

3 These are the joys which satisfy
And purify the mind;

Which make the spirit mount on high,
And leave the world behind.

4 No more, believer, mourn thy lot,
O, thou who art the Lord's,
Resign to those who know him not,
Such joy as earth affords.

HYMN 149.

COME, ye that love the Lord,!

And let your joys be known;
Join in a song with sweet accord,
And thus surround the throne.

2 Let those refuse to sing

That never knew our God,
But children of the heav'nly King
May speak their joys abroad.

3 The God of heav'n is ours,

Our Father and our love;

His care shall guard life's fleeting hours,
Then waft our souls above.

4 There shall we see his face,

And never, never sin;

There, from the rivers of his grace,
Drink endless pleasures in.

5 Yes, and before we rise

To that immortal state,

The thoughts of such amazing bliss
Should constant joys create.

6 Children of grace have found
Glory begun below:

(S. M.)

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Celestial fruits on earthly ground,

From faith and hope may grow.

7 The hill of Sion yields

A thousand sacred sweets,

Before we reach the heav'nly fields,

Or walk the golden streets.

8 Then let our songs abound,

And ev'ry tear be dry;

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L.. We're trav'lling through Immanuel's ground,
To fairer world's on high.

LOVE.

HYMN 150.

(111. 3.)

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ORD, with glowing heart I'd praise thee (

LORD,

For the bliss thy love bestows;

For the pard'ning grace that saves me,
And the peace that from it flows;
Help, O God, my weak endeavour,
This dull soul to rapture raise;
Thou must light the flame, or never
Can my love be warm'd to praise.

2 Praise, my soul, the God that sought thee,
Wretched wand'rer, far astray;

Found thee lost, and kindly brought thee
From the paths of death away;

Praise, with love's devoutest feeling,

Him who saw thy guilt-born fear, L..
And, the light of hope revealing,

Bade the blood-stain'd cross appear.

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3 Lord, this bosom's ardent feeling
Vainly would my lips express:
Low before thy footstool kneeling,
Deign thy suppliant's pray'r to bless :
Let thy grace, my soul's chief treasure,
Love's pure flame within me raise;
And, since words can never measure,
Let my life show forth thy praise.

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(111. 1.)

2 Could my heart so hard remain, Pray'r a task and burden prove, Any duty give me pain,

If I knew a Saviour's love? 3 When I turn mine eyes within,

Oh! how dark, and vain, and wild. Prone to unbelief and sin,

Can I deem myself thy child?
4 Yet I mourn my stubborn will,
Find my sin a grief and thrall:
Should I grieve for what I feel,
If I did not love at all?

5 Could I love thy saints to meet,
Choose the ways I once abhorr'd,
Find at times the promise sweet,
If I did not love thee, Lord?
6 Saviour! let me love thee more,
If I love at all, I pray :
If I have not lov'd before,
Help me to begin to-day.

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HE God of Abra'am praise,
Who reigns enthron'd above;

Ancient of everlasting days

And God of love;

Jehovah, Great I AM,

By earth and heav'n confess'd;
I bow, and bless the sacred name
For ever bless'd.

2 The God of Abra'am praise,

At whose supreme command
From earth I rise, and seek the joys
At his right hand:

I all on earth forsake,

Its wisdom fame and pow'r;
And him my only portion make,
My shield and tow'r.

3 He by himself hath sworn,

I on his oath depend,

I shall, on angel wings upborne,
To heav'n ascend :

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I shall behold his face,

I shall his pow'r adore,

And sing the wonders of his grace
For evermore.

4 There dwells the Lord, our King,
The Lord, our righteousness,
Triumphant o'er the world and sin,
The Prince of peace;

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On Zion's sacred height

His kingdom he maintains,

And, glorious, with his saints in light,
For ever reigns.

5 The God who reigns on high
The great archangels sing;
And, "Holy, Holy, Holy," cry,
Almighty King,

"Who was, and is the same,
"And evermore shall be,
"Jehovah, Father, Great I AM!
"We worship thee."

6 The whole triumphant host

Give thanks to God on high;
"Hail, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,"
They ever cry:

"Hail Abra'am's God and mine,"

I join the heav'nly lays;

"All might and majesty are thine,
"And endless praise.'

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O serve him with gladness and fear;
Exult in his presence with music and mirth,
With love and devotion draw near.

2 For Jehovah is God, and Jehovah alone,
Creator and ruler o'er all;

And we are his people, his sceptre we own;
His sheep, and we follow his call.

3 O enter his gates with thanksgiving and song, Your vows in his temple proclaim;

His praise with melodious accordance prolong,
And bless his adorable name.

4 For good is the Lord, inexpressibly good,
And we are the work of his hand;

His mercy and truth from eternity stood,
And shall to eternity stand..

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HYMN 154.

PSALM C.

EFORE Jehovah's awful throne,
Ye nations, bow with sacred joy;
Know that the Lord is God alone;

He can create, and he destroy.

2 His sov'reign pow'r, without our aid, Made us of clay, and form'd us men;

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(L. M.)

And when like wand'ring sheep we stray'd,
He brought us to his fold again.

3 We are his people, we his care,
Our souls, and all our mortal frame;
What lasting honours shall we rear,
Almighty Maker, to thy name?

4 We'll crowd thy gates with thankful songs,
High as the heav'n our voices raise;

And earth, with her ten thousand tongues,
Shall fill thy courts with sounding praise.
5 Wide as the world is thy command,
Vast as eternity thy love;

Firm as a rock thy truth must stand,
When rolling years shall cease to move.

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HYMN 155.

Songs of Praise.

ONGS of praise the angels sang;
Heav'n with hallelujahs rang,

When Jehovah's work begun,

When he spake and it was done.
2 Songs of praise awoke the morn
When the Prince of peace was born;
Songs of praise arose, when he
Captive led captivity.

(111. 1.)

3 Heav'n and earth must pass away,
Songs of praise shall crown that day:
God will make new heav'ns and earth:
Songs of praise shall hail their birth.