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The Saint at Christ's Right Hand.

1. WHEN thou, my righteous Judge, shalt come
To fetch thy ransomed people home,

Shall I among them stand?
Shall such a worthless worm as I,
Who sometimes am afraid to die,
Be found at thy right hand?

2. Blest Saviour! grant it by thy grace;
Be thou my only hiding place,
In this th' accepted day;
Thy pardoning voice, O, let me hear,
To still my unbelieving fear,-
Nor let me fall, I pray.

3. Among thy saints let me be found,
Whene'er th' archangel's trump shall sound,
To see thy smiling face;

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Then, filled with rapture, shall I sing,
While heaven's resounding mansions ring
With shouts of sovereign grace.

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The Excellency of Christ.

Ovington's Sel.

1. O! COULD I speak the matchless worth,—
O! could I sound the glories forth,
Which in my Saviour shine;

I'd soar and touch the heavenly strings,
And vie with Gabriel, while he sings,
In notes almost divine.

2. I'd sing the characters he bears,
And all the forms of love he wears,
Exalted on his throne:

In loftiest songs of sweetest praise,
I would, to everlasting days,

Make all his glories known.

3. Soon the delightful day will come,

When my dear Lord will bring me home,
And I shall see his face;

Then, with my Saviour, brother, friend,
A blest eternity I'll spend-

Triumphant in his grace.

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Christ, the Fount of Life.

1. O LORD, to thee I call!
Thou art my all in all,

My life, my strength, my light, my day;
And when thy face I seek,

The clouds around me break,
And doubt and darkness flee away.

2. To thee my soul I bring,
Thou sweet, celestial Spring
Of truth and grace, of joy and peace ;
My hope in heaven above,
The object of my love,

And source of everlasting bliss.

3. Spring up within my breast,
Thou Fount of sacred rest!
And let me freely drink of thee:
I'll drink, and drink again,
Till all the love of sin

Is quenched by thy dear grace in me.

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Prayer for Sanctification.

1. TEACH me, my gracious Lord,
Obedient to thy word,

In faith to tread thy heavenly way;
For if thou live in me,

Then I shall live to thee,

Nor ever from thy footsteps stray.

2. In every trying hour,

Break thou the tempter's power,
And make me faithful unto death;
Keep all my graces bright,
And, by thy saving might,

Secure the victory of my faith.

3. My sins to me reveal;
The law of death repeal;

Set up the kingdom of thy love!
The law of life impart,
Thy Spirit in my heart,

And bring me safe to heaven above.

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The Life of Prayer.

1. MY Lord, I would be thine,
Would sing thy love divine,
And labor for thee while I live;
But thou must still impart
The constant, loving heart,
Else there is nothing I can give.

2. Then to thy mercy-seat
My soul would fain retreat,
And there present my powerful plea—
The might of his dear name,
Who bore my sin and shame,-
The dying Lamb, once slain for me.

3. There I shall find relief,
'Midst all my care and grief,
From unbelief, and sin, and pain;
The atmosphere of prayer
Shall be my native air,

And Christ in me shall live and reign.

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The Grace of the Cross.

1. BLEST be the wondrous grace,
That gives my soul a place
Within the mansions of thy love!
That pardons all my sin,

And makes me pure within,

And writes my name in heaven above.

2. All good desires I owe,

And mercies, here below,

And thoughts of grace, and hopes of heaven,
To Him, whose suffering breath

Still prayed for me in death,

Whose precious blood for me was given.

3. Lord, bind me to thy sway,
And keep me, every day,

Weaned from the world by thy dear cross;

May I, redeemed by grace,

Behold thy glorious face,

And count all other things but loss.

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