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THIRD PART.

SAVIOUR, we now rejoice in hope,
That thou at last wilt take us up;
With daily triumph we proclaim,
And bless and magnify thy name;
And wait thy greatness to adore
When time and death shall be no more.
2 Till then with us vouchsafe to stay,
And keep us pure from sin to-day ;
Thy great confirming grace bestow,
And guard us all our days below;
And ever mightily defend,

And save thy servants to the end.
3 Still let us, Lord, by thee be bless'd,
Who in thy guardian mercy rest:
Extend thy mercy's arms to me,
The weakest soul that trusts in thee;
And never let me lose thy love,
Till I, e'en I, am crown'd above.

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The Glory of God.

I OD is a name my soul adores,

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One,

Nature and grace, with all their powers,
Confess the infinite Unknown.

2 Thy voice produced the sea and spheres,
Bade the waves roar, the planets shine:
But nothing like thyself appears

Through all these spacious works of thine. 3 Still restless nature dies and grows,

From change to change the creatures run; Thy being no succession knows,

And all thy vast designs are one.

4 A glance of thine runs through the globe,
Rules the bright worlds and moves their frame;
Of light thou form'st thy dazzling robe,
Thy ministers are living flame.

5 How shall polluted mortals dare To sing thy glory or thy grace? Beneath thy feet we lie afar,

And see but shadows of thy face.
6 Who can behold the blazing light?
Who can approach consuming flame?
None but thy wisdom knows thy might,
None but thy word can speak thy name.
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The Greatness and Condescension of God.
HE Lord Jehovah reigns,
THis throne is built on high;

The garments he assumes
Are light and majesty :
His glories shine with beams so bright,
No mortal eye can bear the sight.

2 The thunders of his hand
Keep the wide world in awe ;
His wrath and justice stand
To guard his holy law;

And where his love resolves to bless,
His truth confirms and seals the grace
3 Through all his mighty works
Amazing wisdom shines;
Confounds the powers of hell,

And breaks their dark designs;
Strong is his arm, and shall fulfil
His great decrees and sovereign will.
4 And will this sovereign King
Of glory condescend?
And will he write his name,

My Father and my Friend?

I love his name, I love his word;

Join all my powers to praise the Lord!

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The carthly and the heavenly Sabbath.

LORD of the sabbath, hes thy

On this thy day, in this thy house; And own, as grateful sacrifice,

The songs which from thy servants rise.
2 Thine earthly sabbaths, Lord, we love;
But there's a nobler rest above;
To that our lab'ring souls aspire,
With ardent pangs of strong desire.
3 No more fatigue, no more distress,
Nor sin nor hell shall reach the place;
No sighs shall mingle with the songs
Which warble from immortal tongues.
4 No rude alarms of raging foes;
No cares to break the long repose;
No midnight shade, no clouded sun,
But sacred, high, eternal noon.
5 O long-expected day, begin;
Dawn on these realms of wo and sin:
Fain would we leave this weary road,
And sleep in death, to rest with God.

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The same Subject.

AGAIN our weekly labours end,

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And we the sabbath's call attend; Improve, our souls, the sacred rest, And seek to be for ever blest. 2 This day let our devotions rise To heaven, a grateful sacrifice: And God that peace divine bestow, Which none but they who feel it know. 3 This holy calm within the breast Prepares for that eternal rest, Which for the sons of God remains; The end of cares, the end cf pains.

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In holy pleasures pass away.

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AR as creation's bounds extend,

Thy mercies, heavenly Lord, descend;
One chorus of perpetual praise,

To thee thy various works shall raise;
Thy saints to thee in hymns impart
The transports of a grateful heart.
2 They chant the splendours of thy name,
Delighted with the wondrous theme;

And bid the world's wide realms admire
The glories of th' almighty Sire,

Whose throne all nature's wreck survives,
Whose power through endless ages lives.
3 From thee, great God, while every eye
Expectant waits the wish'd supply,
Their bread, proportion'd to the day,
Thy opening hands to each convey;
In every sorrow of the heart
Eternal mercy bears a part.

4 Who ask thine aid with heart sincere,
Shall find thy succours ever near;
To thee their prayer in each distress,
Thy suffering servants, Lord, address;
And prove thee, verging on the grave,
Nor slow to hear, nor weak to save.

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The Condescension of God.

ETERNAL depth of love divine,

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In Jesus, God with us, display'd;

How bright thy beaming glories shine!
How wide thy healing streams are spread :

2 With whom dost thou delight to dwell? Sinners, a vile and thankless race; O God, what tongue aright can tell How vast thy love, how great thy grace? 3 The dictates of thy sovereign will With joy our grateful hearts receive : All thy delight in us fulfil;

Lo! all we are to thee we give. 4 To thy sure love, thy tender care, Our flesh, soul, spirit, we resign; O fix thy sacred presence there, And seal th' abode for ever thine. 5 O King of glory, thy rich grace Our feeble thought surpasses far; Yea, e'en our crimes, though numberless, Less numerous than thy mercies are. 6 Still, Lord, thy saving health display, And arm our souls with heavenly zeal; So fearless shall we urge our way

Through all the powers of earth and hell

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