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The Lamb that was slain. Rev. v. 7.

1 FROM heaven the angelic sound began, It shook the skies and reach'd to man; By man receiv'd, it mounts again

Whilst fragrant odours fill the plain.
2 Worthy the Lamb of boundless sway,
In earth and heaven the Lord of all;
Ye princes, rulers, powers obey,

And low before his footstool fall.

3 The deed was done! the Lamb was slain!
The groaning earth the burthen bore!
He rose, he lives! he lives to reign,
Nor time shall shake his endless power.
4 Wisdom and strength are his alone,
He rais'd the top-stone, shouting grace ;
Honour has built his lofty throne,
And glory shines upon his face.

5 Higher, still higher, swell the strain;
Creation's voice the note prolong;
The Lamb shall ever, ever reign;
Let hallelujahs crown the song.

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Faith in the promise of Salvation.

1 BEGIN, my tongue, some heavenly theme,
And speak some boundless thing;
The mighty works or mightier name,
Of our eternal King.

2 Tell of his wond'rous faithfulness,
And sound his power abroad;
Sing the sweet promise of his grace,
And the performing God.

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3 Proclaim Salvation from the Lord
For wretched, dying men ;'

His hand has writ the sacred word
With an immortal pen.

4 Engrav'd as in eternal brass,
The mighty promise shines :
Nor can the powers of darkness raze
Those everlasting lines.

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To be ashamed of Jesus, is absurd and dangerous.

1 IS there on earth a nobler name
Than Jesus to be found?
Who can assert a higher claim,
Or more with truth abound?

2 The Son of God adorn'd with grace,
Commissioned from above,

He bears to our rebellious race
The messages of love.

3 Behold his gentle spirit feel

The sufferings of mankind;

And with a word the sorrows heal
Of body and of mind.

4 How noble were the truths he taught,
How pure the life he led !
And shall another Lord be sought,
And we disown our Head?

5 Forbid it, Lord! nor let us yield
To this unworthy shame;
But each, with holy courage fill'd,
Rejoice in Jesus' name.

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Asking the Way to Zion. Jer. i. 5.

INQUIRE, ye pilgrims, for the way
That leads to Zion's hill;
And thither set your steady face,
With a determin'd will.

Invite the strangers all around,
Your pious march to join;
And spread the sentiments you feel
Of faith and love divine.

Come, let us to his temple haste,
And seek his favour there,
Before his footstool humbly bow,
And pour our fervent prayer.
Come, let us join our souls to God,
In everlasting bands;

And seize the blessings he bestows
With eager hearts and hands.

Come, let us prove without delay,
The covenant of his grace;
Nor shall the years of distant life
Its memory efface.

Thus may our rising offspring haste
To see their father's God;
Nor e'er forsake the happy path
Their youthful feet have trod.

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Christ's Second Advent.

HE comes! Jehovah comes to bless

The nations as their God,

To shew his truth and righteousness, And spread his power abroad.

2 The christian world in darkness lies,
By falsehood over-run ;

The moon and stars no longer rise,
And clouds have veil'd the sun.

3 But lo! the mighty God appears;
On clouds behold him ride;
He comes to dry his Zion's tears,
And cheer his mourning bride.

4 Now sacred love with mildest rays
In Zion's land shall rise;
The heavenly sun divinely blaze,
And brighten all the skies.

3 Now truth shall chace the clouds away,
And falsehood reign no more;
But one unclouded, heavenly day
Shall shine from shore to shore.

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1 THE morning dawns; celestial light
Dispels the gloomy shades of night;
Truth rears her standard once again,
And love, celestial love, shall reign.

2 The heavenly Sun, the Lord our God,
Beams his refulgent rays abroad:
He comes to bless the ransom'd soul,
And spread his truth from pole to pole.

3 Now nations, barb'rous, rude and blind, In Jesus shall salvation find:

Idols before his name shall fall,
And Christ our God be Lord of all.

4 Thus every land and clime shall hear The Lord is God, his name revere ; From sin, and death, and darkness rise, And join the concert of the skies.

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1 INDULGENT Father! how divine,
How rich thy bounties are!
Through nature's ample round they shine,
Thy goodness to declare:

2 But in the nobler work of grace,
What sweeter mercy smiles,
Reflected from the Saviour's face,
And every fear beguiles!

3 Such wonders, Lord! while we survey,
To Thee our thanks shall rise,
When morning ushers in the day,
Or evening veils the skies.

4 When glim'ring life resigns its flame,
Thy praise shall tune our breath;
The sweet remembrance of thy name
Shall gild the shades of death.

5 But O, how bless'd our songs shall rise,
In sweet seraphic lay,
When all thy glories meet our eyes
Through an eternal day.

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Not ashamed of Jesus.

1 JESUS, and shall it ever be,

A mortal man ashamed of Thee? Ashamed of Thee, whom angel's praise, Whose glories shine through endless days?

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