The soul that to Jesus has fled for repose, I will not, I will not desert to his foes; That soul, though all hell shall endeavour to shake,

I'll never,-no, never,-no, never forsake.

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As in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be

HOW

made alive.-1 COR. 15. 22.

OW helpless guilty nature lies,
Unconscious of its load:

The heart unchanged can never rise
To happiness and God.

2 Can aught beneath a power divine
The stubborn will subdue?
'Tis thine, Almighty Saviour, thine,
To form the heart anew.

3 'Tis thine the passions to recall
And upwards bid them rise;
And make the scales of error fall
From reason's darkened eyes.

4 To chase the shades of death away, And bid the sinner live,

A beam of heaven, a vital ray, 'Tis thine alone to give.

3 O change these wretched hearts of ours,
And give them life divine;

Then shall our passions and our powers,
Almighty Lord, be thine.

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A better country, that is, a heavenly.-HEB. 11. 16 [OW pleasant thus to dwell below,

HOW

In fellowship of love;

And though we part, 'tis bliss to know

The good shall meet above.

CHORUS:

O that will be joyful

To meet, to part no more,
On Canaan's happy shore,
And sing the everlasting song
With those who've gone before.

2 Yes, happy thought! when we are free From earthly grief and pain,

n heaven we shall each other see,
And never part again.

Then let us each, in strength divine,
Still walk in wisdom's ways;

That we, with thore we love, may join
In never-ending praise.

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C. M.

Sin is the trangression of the law.-1 JOHN 3 4

HOW

sad our state by nature is!

Our sin, how deep it stains!

And Satan binds our captive minds

Fast in his slavish chains.

2 But there's a voice of sov'reign grace Sounds from the sacred word:

Ho! ye despairing sinners, come,
And trust upon the Lord.

3 My soul obeys th' Almighty call.
And runs to this relief:

I would believe thy promise, Lord,
O! help mine unbelief.

4 To the dear fountain of thy blood.
Incarnate God, I fly;

Here let me wash my spotted soul
From crimes of deepest dye.

5 Stretch out thine arm, victorious King,
My reigning sins subdue:
Drive the old dragon from his seat.
With all his hellish crew.

6 A guilty, weak, and helpless worm,
On thy kind arms I fall:

Be thou my Strength and Righteousness,
My Jesus, and my All!

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Unto you therefore which believe he is precious.

HOW

1 PET. 2. 7.

OW sweet the name of Jesus sounds
In a believer's ear!

It soothes his sorrows, heals his wounds.
And drives away his fear.

2 It makes the wounded spirit whole,
And calms the troubled breast;
'Tis manna to the hungry soui,

And to the weary, rest.

3 Dear Name, the rock on which I build
My shield and hiding-place;

My never-failing treasury, fill'd
With boundless stores of grace.

4 Jesus, my Shepherd, Saviour, Friend,
My Prophet, Priest, and King,
My Lord, my Life, my Way, my End,
Accept the praise I bring.

5 I would thy boundless love proclaim
With every fleeting breath;
So shall the music of thy name
Refresh my soul in death.

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An house not made with hands, eternal in the

I

heavens.-2 Cor. 5. 1.

HAVE a home, a glorious home,
Which Jesus bought for me;

An ever-blessed home of light,

From sin and sorrow free.

2 My Saviour's blood, his precious bloed,
The blood so freely spilt,
Hath paid the all-availing price—
The price of all my guilt.

3 My Saviour's love, his dyin, love,
Hath made my hope secure,
And, safe in him, I journey on;
I know my home is sure.

4 His gracious smile, his loving smile,
Shall cheer me all the way;
The pilgrim road I'll gladly walk
That leads to glorious day.

51 praise his love, his boundless love, His love and grace divine,

By which that happy home's secured,
Secured, forever mine.

6 His grace divine, his power divine.
My strength, my hope shall be,
And bear me to my blessed home,
My Jesus there to see.

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C. M.

I will give you rest.-MATT. 11. 28.

HEARD the voice of Jesus say,
Come unto me and rest;

Lay down, thou weary one, lay down
Thy head upon my breast.

I came to Jesus as I was,
Weary, and worn, and sad:
I found in him a resting-place,
And he has made me glad.

2 I heard the voice of Jesus say,
Behold, I freely give

The living water; thirsty one.
Stoop down and drink and live.
I came to Jesus, and I drank
Of that life-giving stream;

My thirst was quenched, my soul revivet
And now I live in him.

3 I heard the voice of Jesus say
I am this dark world's light,
Look unto me, thy morn shall rise
And all thy day be bright.

I looked to Jesus, and I found
In him my Star, my Sun;
And in that light of life I'll walk,
Till all my journey's done.