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4. Nor let the good man's trust depart,
Though life its common gifts deny,
Though with a pierced and broken heart,
And spurned of men, he goes to die.
5. For God has marked each sorrowing day,
And numbered every secret tear,
And heaven's long age of bliss shall pay
For all His children suffer here.

BRYANT.

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1. O ZION! when I think on Thee,
I wish for pinions like the dove,
And mourn to think that I should be
So distant from the place I love.
2. A captive here, and far from home,
For Zion's sacred walls I sigh;
Thither the ransomed nations come,
And see the Saviour eye to eye.

3. While here I walk on hostile ground;
The few, that I can call my friends,
Are like myself with fetters bound,
And weariness our steps attends.
4. But we shall yet behold the day

When Zion's children shall return ;
Our sorrows then shall flee away,

And we again shall never mourn.
5. The hope that such a day will come,
Makes e'en the captives' portion sweet;
Though now we wander far from home,
In Zion soon we all shall meet.

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1. HEAD of the church triumphant,
We joyfully adore Thee;

Till Thou appear,
Thy members here

Shall sing like those in glory.

KELLY.

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We lift our hearts and voices
In blest anticipation,
And cry aloud,
And give to God

The praise of our salvation.
2. While in affliction's furnace,
And passing through the fire,
Thy love we praise,
That knows our days,
And ever brings us nigher.
We lift our hands exulting
In Thine almighty favor;
The love divine,

That made us Thine,
Shall keep us Thine forever.
3. Thou dost conduct Thy people
Through torrents of temptation;
Nor will we fear,

While Thou art near,

The fire of tribulation.

The world, with sin and Satan,
In vain our march opposes;
By Thee we will

Break through them all,
And sing the song of Moses.
4. Faith now beholds the glory
To which Thou wilt restore us;
And earth despise,

For that high prize

Which Thou hast set before us,
And if Thou count us worthy,
We each, like dying Stephen,
Shall see Thee stand

At God's right hand,
To take us up to heaven.

C. M.

1. DAUGHTER of Zion, from the dust Exalt thy fallen head;

Again in thy Redeemer trust:

He calls thee from the dead.

2. Awake, awake, put on thy strength,
Thy beautiful array;

The day of freedom dawns at length,
The Lord's appointed day.

3. Rebuild thy walls, thy bounds enlarge,
And send thy heralds forth;

Say to the south-" Give up thy charge,
And keep not back, O north!"

4. They come, they come ;-Thine exiled bands, Where'er they rest or roam,

Have heard Thy voice in distant lands,
And hasten to their home.

5. Thus, though the universe shall burn,
And God His works destroy,

With songs Thy ransomed shall return,
And everlasting joy.

MONTGOMERY.

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1. JESUS, immortal King! arise;
Rise and assert thy sway;

Till earth subdued, its tribute bring,
And distant lands obey.

2. Ride forth, victorious Conqueror! ride,
Till all Thy foes submit;
And all the powers of hell resign
Their trophies at Thy feet.

3. Send forth Thy word, and let it fly
This spacious earth around;
Till every soul beneath the sun
Shall hear the joyful sound.

4. From sea to sea, from shore to shore,
May Jesus be adored;

And earth, with all her millions, shout
Hosannas to the Lord.

BURDER,

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1. ALAS, the utter emptiness!
What life has it to give?

O, shall it God's own fire oppress?
Soul, wilt thou slightly live?

2. Thyself amid the silence clear,
The world far off and dim,
Thy vision free, the Bright One near,
Thyself alone with Him.

3. The silence thronged gloriously
With business how divine!
God's glory passing unto thee-
All heaven becoming thine.

4. The rapture, mighty, measureless,
In each eternal thing-

The mingling with Almightiness-
The dwelling by Life's Spring!

5. Thus sweetly live, thus gently watch-
Soul, be but inly bright!

All outer things must smile, must catch
Thy strong, transcendent light.

. 6. Near Thee no darkness dares abide,
Thou makest all things shine;

Soul, whom the Lord has glorified,
Is not all glory thine?

GILL.

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1. BEHOLD, the mountain of the Lord,
In latter days shall rise

On mountain tops, above the hills,
And draw the wond'ring eyes.

2. To this the joyful nations round,

All tribes and tongues shall flow; "Up to the hill of God," they say, "And to His house we'll go."

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3. The beams that shine on Zion's hill
Shall lighten every land;

The King who reigns in Salem's towers
Shall all the world command.

4. No longer hosts encountering hosts,
Their millions slain deplore;
They hang the trumpet in the hall,
And study war no more.

5. Come, then-oh come from every land,
To worship at His shrine;

And, walking in the light of God,
With holy beauties shine.

C. M.

1. THE Lord of glory is my light,
And my salvation too;

God is my strength, nor will I fear
What all my foes can do.

2. One privilege my heart desires;
O grant me an abode

Among the churches of Thy saints,
The temples of my God!

3. There shall I offer my requests,
And see Thy beauty still;
Shall hear Thy messages of love,
And there inquire Thy will.

LOGAN.

4. When troubles rise, and storms appear,
There may His children hide;
God has a strong pavilion, where
He makes my soul abide.

5. Now shall my head be lifted high
Above my foes around;
And songs of joy and victory
Within Thy temple sound.

WATTS.

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