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2. Lo! 't is He! our heart's desire,
Come for His espoused below;
Come to join us with the choir,
Come to make our joys o'erflow;
Palms of victory,

Crowns of glory to bestow.

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1. Lo! the seal of death is breaking;
Those who slept its sleep are waking;
Heaven opes its portals fair!
Hark! the harps of God are ringing,
Hark! the seraph's hymn is flinging
Music on immortal air.

2. There, no more at eve declining,
Suns without a cloud are shining
O'er the land of life and love;
There the founts of life are flowing,
Flowers unknown to time, are blowing
In that radiant scene above.

3. There no sigh of memory swelleth;
There no tear of misery welleth;

1198.

Hearts will bleed or break no more;
Past is all the cold world's scorning,
Gone the night, and broke the morning,
Over all the golden shore.

8s & 7s. (Part 1.)

MRS. MAG.

1. THROUGH life's vapors dimly seeing
Who but longs for light to break!
O the feverish dream of being!
When, oh when, shall we awake?
O the hour when this material
Shall have vanished as a cloud-
When amid the wide ethereal

All th' invisible shall crowd

2. And the naked soul, surrounded
With realities unknown,
Triumph in the view unbounded,
Feel herself with God alone!
In that sudden, strange transition,
By what new and finer sense
Shall she grasp the mighty vision,
And receive its influence ?

3. Angels, guard the new immortal,
Through the wonder-teeming space,
To the everlasting portal,

1198.

To the spirit's resting-place.
Till the trump, which shakes creation,
Through the circling heavens shall roll,
Till the day of consummation,

Till the bridal of the soul.

8s & 7s. (Part 2.)

1. JESUS, blessed Mediator!

Thou the airy path hast trod;
Thou the Judge, the Consummator!
Shepherd of the fold of God!
Can I trust a fellow-being?

Can I trust an angel's care?
O Thou merciful All-seeing!
Beam around my spirit there.
2. Blessed fold! no foe can enter;
And no friend departeth thence;
Jesus is their sun, their center,

And their shield, Omnipotence.

CONDER.

Blessed for the Lamb shall feed them,
All their tears shall wipe away,
To the living fountains lead them,
Till fruition's perfect day.

3. Lo! it comes, that day of wonder!
Louder chorals shake the skies:
Hades' gates are burst asunder;
See! the new-clothed myriads rise.

Thought! repress thy weak endeavor;
Here must reason prostrate fall;
O! th' ineffable Forever!

And th' eternal All in All!

CONDER.

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1. BROTHER, thou art gone before us,
Where thy saintly soul has flown,
Tears are wiped away forever,
And all sorrow is unknown;

2. From the burden of the body,

From all care and fear released,

Where the wicked cease from troubling,
And the weary are at rest.

3. O'er the toilsome way thou'st traveled,
And endured the heavy load;

Christ hath brought thy footsteps languid
Safely to His blest abode.

4. Thou art resting now, like Laz'rus,
On thy heavenly Father's breast,
Where the wicked cease from troubling,
And the weary are at rest.

5. Sin no more can taint thy spirit,
Nor can doubt thy faith assail;
Thou thy welcome hast received,
Now thy strength shall never fail ;

6. And thou'rt sure to meet the holy,
Whom on earth thou loved'st best,
Where the wicked cease from troubling,
And the weary are at rest.

7. To thy grave we sadly bear thee,
There in dust we place thy head;
O'er thee now the turf is pressing,
And grows green thy narrow bed.

8. But thy spirit soars to glory,
Free, among the faithful blest,

Where the wicked cease from troubling,
And the weary are at rest.

9. When the Lord shall send His summons
Unto us who 're left behind,
May we, by the world untainted,
Gracious welcome with thee find;

10. Each like thee, in peace departing,
To the kingdom of the blest,

Where the wicked cease from troubling,
And the weary are at rest.

1200.

ALTERED FROM MILMAN.

78.

1. COME, Desire of nations, come!
Hasten, Lord, the general doom!
Hear the Spirit and the Bride;
Come, and take us to Thy side.

2. Thou, who hast our plans prepared,
Make us meet for our reward;
Then with all Thy saints descend:
Then our earthly trials end.

3. Mindful of Thy chosen race,
Shorten these vindictive days;
Who for full redemption groan;
Hear us now,
and save Thine own.

4. Now destroy the man of sin,
Now Thine ancient flock bring in!
Filled with righteousness divine,
Claim a ransomed world for Thine.

5. Plant Thy heavenly kingdom here;
Glorious in Thy saints appear:
Speak the sacred number sealed;
Speak the mystery revealed.

1201.

6. Take to Thee Thy royal power:
Reign! when sin shall be no more;
Reign! when death no more shall be;
Reign to all eternity!

7s.

1. LORD of earth! Thy forming hand
Well this beauteous frame hath planned,
Woods that wave, and hills that tower,
Ocean rolling in His power.

2. All that strikes the gaze unsought,
All that charms the lonely thought,
Friendship-gem transcending price-
Love-a flower from paradise.

3. Yet amid this scene so fair,

Should I cease Thy smile to share,
What were all its joys to me?
Whom have I on earth but Thee?

4. Lord of Heaven! beyond our sight
Rolls a world of purer light;
There in love's unclouded reign
Parted hands shall clasp again.

5. O! that world is passing fair,
Yet if Thou wert absent there,
What were all its joys to me?
Whom have I in heaven but Thee?

6. Lord of earth and heaven! my breast
Seeks in Thee its only rest;

I was lost-Thy accents mild
Homeward lured Thy wandering child.

7. I was blind-Thy healing ray
Charmed the long eclipse away;
Source of every joy I know,
Solace of my every woe!

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