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BALERMA. C. M.

SCOTCH MELODY.

may not meet a - gain. point the way to heaven.

tude should rise, While welcomes meet him here. shining ones, Be found at Christ's right hand.

126.

Praise and Hope.

O Lord, if in the book of life,
My worthless name should stand,
In fairest characters, inscribed

By thine unerring hand,-
My soul thou wilt by grace prepare
For crowns above the skies,
And on my way, from heavenly stores,
Wilt grant me fresh supplies.

Then I to thee, in sweetest strains,
Will grateful anthems raise;
But life's too short, my powers too weak,
To utter half thy praise.

Had I ten thousand thousand tongues,
Not one should silent be;
Had I ten thousand thousand hearts,
I'd give them all to thee.