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4 Almighty grace, thy healing power,
how glorious, how divine!
That can to life and bliss restore

so vile a heart as mine.

5 Thy pard'ning love, so free, so sweet,

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dear Saviour, I adore; O keep me at thy sacred feet,

and let me rove no more.

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HYMN XXXIV.

PENITENTIAL.

The Pool of Bethesda. John v. 2---4.
[OW long, thou faithful God, shall I
Here in thy ways forgotten lie?
When shall the means of healing be
The channels of thy grace to me?
2 Sinners on every side step in,
And wash away their pain and sin;
But I, an helpless sin-sick soul,
Still lie expiring at the pool.

3 Thou cov'nant-angel, swift come down,
To-day thine own appointments crown;
Thy power into the means infuse,
And give them now their sacred use.

4 Thou seest me lying at the pool,
I would, thou know'st I would be whole;
O let the troubled waters move,
And minister thy healing love.

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HYMN XXXV.

PENITENTIAL.

THAT my load of sin were gone!
Al at last submit,

At Jesus' feet to lay it down! to lay my soul at Jesus' feet! 2 Rest for my soul I long to find :

Saviour of all, if mine thou art, Give me thy meek and lowly mind, and stamp thine image on my heart.

3 Break off the yoke of inbred sin,
and fully set my spirit free;
I cannot rest, till pure within,
till I am wholly lost in thee.

4 Fain would I learn of thee, my God;
thy light and easy burden prove,
The cross, all stain'd with hallow'd blood,
the labour of thy dying love.

5 I would; but thou must give the power; my heart from every sin release; Bring near, bring near the joyful hour, and fill me with thy perfect peace.

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My God, thy powerful aid impart, my guardian and my guide. 6 O keep me in thy heavenly way, and bid the tempter flee; And let me never, never stray from happiness and thee.

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HYMN XXXVIII.

The Joys of Heaven.

COME, Lord, and warm each languid heart,

inspire each lifeless tongue;
And let the joys of heaven impart
their influence to our song.
2 Sorrow, and pain, and every care,
and discord there shall cease;
And perfect joy, and love sincere,
adorn the realms of peace.
3 The soul from sin for ever free,
shall mourn its power no more;
But, clothed in spotless purity,
redeeming love adore.

4 There, on a throne (how dazzling bright!)
th' exalted Saviour shines;
And beams ineffable delight

on all the heavenly minds.

5 There shall the followers of the Lamb

join in immortal songs;

And endless honours to his name employ their tuneful tongues.

6 Lord, tune our hearts to praise and love,

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our feeble notes inspire; Till in thy blissful courts above,

we join th' angelic choir.

HYMN XXXIX.

Heavenly Joy on Earth.

COME, we that love the Lord, and let our joys be known; Join in a song with sweet accord, and thus surround the throne.

2 The sorrows of the mind

be banish'd from this place; Religion never was design'd to make our pleasures less.

3 Let those refuse to sing

that never knew our God, But fav'rites of the heavenly King may speak their joys abroad. 4 The God that rules on high, and thunders when he please, That rides upon the stormy sky, and manages the seas:

5 This awful God is ours,

our Father and our love;

He shall send down his heavenly powers

to carry us above.

6 There shall we see his face,

and never, never sin;

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

7 Yes, and before we rise
to that immortal state,
The thoughts of such amazing bliss
should constant joys create.
8 The men of grace have found
glory begun below:
Celestial fruits on earthly ground,
from faith and hope may grow.
9 The hill of Sion yields

a thousand sacred sweets,
Before we reach the heavenly fields,
or walk the golden streets.

10 Then let our songs abound, and every tear be dry;

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We're marching through Immanuel's ground, to fairer worlds on high.

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Regardless of immortal joys,

and strangers to the skies!

2 These transient scenes will soon decay,

they fade upon the sight;
And quickly will their brightest day
be lost in endless night.

3 Their brightest day, alas, how vain!
with conscious sighs we own;
While clouds of sorrow, care, and pain,
o'ershade the smiling noon.
4 O could our thoughts and wishes fly
above these gloomy shades,
To those bright worlds beyond the sky,
which sorrow ne'er invades!

5 There joys unseen by mortal eyes,
or reason's feeble ray,
In ever blooming prospects rise,
unconscious of decay.

6 Lord, send a beam of light divine,
to guide our upward aim!
With one reviving touch of thine
our languid hearts inflame.

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across my peaceful breast.

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HYMN XLII.

INVITING.

Life the Day of Grace and Hope.
Eccl. ix. 4---6, 10.

IFE

is the time to serve the Lord,
The time t' ensure the great reward;

And while the lamp holds out to burn,
The vilest sinner may return.

2 Life is the hour that God hath given
To 'scape from hell, and fly to heaven;
The day of grace, and mortals may
Secure the blessings of the day.

3 The living know that they must die;
But all the dead forgotten lie;
Their mem'ry and their sense is gone,
Alike unknowing and unknown.

4 Their hatred and their love is lost,
Their envy bury'd in the dust;
They have no share in all that's done
Beneath the circuit of the sun.

5 Then what my thoughts design to do,
My hands, with all your might pursue;
Since no device nor work is found,
Nor faith, nor hope, beneath the ground.
6 There are no acts of pardon past
In the cold grave to which we haste;
But darkness, death, and long despair,
Reign in eternal silence there.

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