We also want a cheap book, so that if there be ten members of a family, there can be ten copies in a pew, that number costing no more than one copy of the ordinarily expensive Church Hymn Book.

We hear on all sides a demand for such a publication and to supply that, while at the same time we gratify our own congregation, we send this unpretending volume forth with the prayer, "Let every thing that hath breath praise the Lord!"

T. DE WITT TALMAGE.

BROOKLYN, Feb. 22, 1874.

HESE two hundred choice hymns, which are enough

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to last any congregation for a long time, are arranged in alphabetical order. This affords much greater convenience for finding them, than if arranged according to their subjects.

An ample Index of Subjects is at the end of the book, as well as an Index of First Lines.

On page 2 will be found an Index of Special Tunes adapted to the hymns of irregular metre. This furnishes every needed facility for the use of all those hymns. The other hymns can be sung to well-known unes, concerning which no particular direction is needed.

Compilers of other hymn books are reminded that many of the hymns in this book are copyright property which must not be taken without consent of the publishers.

A. T.

Tabernacle Chorus.

1

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S. M.

Watch.-MATT. 25. 18.
CHARGE to keep I have,
A God to glorify;

A never-dying soul to save,
And fit it for the sky.

2 To serve the present age,
My calling to fulfil,

O, may it all my powers engage
To do my Master's will

3 Arm me with jealous care,
As in thy sight to live;
And O, thy servant, Lord, prepare
A strict account to give.

4 Help me to watch and pray,
And on thyself rely,

Assured, if I my trust betray,
I shall forever die.

2

C. M.

Christ died for our sins.-1 COR. 15. 3.

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LAS! and did my Saviour bleedi And did my Sov'reign die! Would he devote that sacred head For such a worm as I?

2 Was it for crimes that I have done,
He groaned upon the tree?
Amazing pity! grace unknown!
And love beyond degree!

3 Well might the sun in darkness hide
And shut his glories in;

When Christ, the mighty Maker, died
For man the creature's sin.

4 Thus might I hide my blushing face,
While his dear cross appears:
Dissolve my heart in thankfulness,
And melt mine eyes to tears.

5 But drops of grief can ne'er repay
The debt of love I owe;

Here, Lord, I give myself away, 'Tis all that I can do.

3

C. M.

God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able.-1 Cor. 10. 13.

ALAS! what hourly dangers rise,

What snares beset my way;

To heaven, O let me lift mine eyes,
And hourly watch and pray.

2 Whene'er temptations fright my heart,
Or lure my feet aside,

My God, thy powerful aid impart,
My Guardian and my Guide.

3 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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5

C. M.

King of kings, and Lord of lords.-REV. 19. 16
LL hail the power of Jesus' name!
Let angels prostrate fall;

Bring forth the royal diadem,
And crown him Lord of all.

2 Ye chosen seed of Israel's race,
Ye ransomed from the fall,

Hail him, who saves you by his grace,
And crown him Lord of all.

3 Sinners, whose love can ne'er forget
The wormwood and the gall,
Go, spread your trophies at his feet,
And crown him Lord of all.

4 Let every kindred, every tribe,
On this terrestrial ball,

To him all majesty ascribe,
And crown him Lord of all.

5 0 that with yonder sacred throng,
We at his feet may fall;

We'll join the everlasting song,
And crown him Lord of all.

C. M.

Being justified freely by his grace.-ROMANS 8. 24.
MAZING grace! how sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me!

I once was lost, but now am found;
Was blind, but now I see.

2 'Twas grace that taught my heart to fear And grace my fears relieved:

How precious did that grace appear,

The hour I first believed!

3 Through many dangers, toils, and snares 1 have already come:

'Tis grace that brought me safe thus far, And grace will lead me home.

4 And when this flesh and heart shall fail, And mortal life shall cease,

I shall possess, within the vail,

A life of joy and peace.

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C. M.

Fight the good fight of faith.-1 TIM. 6. 12.

M I a soldier of the cross,

AM

A foll'wer of the Lamb?

And shall I fear to own his cause,
Or blush to speak his name?

2 Must I be carried to the skies,
On flowery beds of ease?

While others fought to win the prize,
And sailed through bloody seas?

3 Are there no foes for me to face?
Must I not stem the flood?

Is this vile world a friend to grace.
To help me on to God?

4 Sure, I must fight, if I would reign
Increase my courage, Lord!

I'll bear the toil, endure the pain,
Supported by the word.

5 Thy saints, in all this glorious war
Shall conquer, though they die;
They see the triumph from afar,
By faith they bring it nigh.