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87.

L. M. SCOTT.

Christian Privileges and Obligations.
1 WHAT countless myriads draw their breath
In lands of ignorance and death,
While God allots our share of time,
Within his Gospel's favoured clime!
2 Shall we receive this grace in vain
Shall we our great vocation stain?"
Away, ye works in darkness wrought;
Away, each sensual, earthly thought!
3 Our souls! we charge you to excel
In thinking right and acting well;
Deep let our searching powers engage,
Unbiassed, in the sacred page.

4 Heighten the force of good desire,
To deeds of shining worth aspire;
More firm in fortitude, despise
The world's seducing vanities.

5 Strong and more strong our passions rule,
Advancing still in virtue's school;
Contending still, with noble strife,
To imitate our Saviour's life.

88.

L. M.

VERMONT COLL.

Grace proclaimed.

1 COME, trembling souls, forget your fear,
For your eternal friend is near;
O bow your souls before his face,
And share in his redeeming grace.

2 Long time he's called your souls in vain,
And yet behold he calls again;

Once more in love he's come to try;
Say, sinners, will you live or die?

3 Though long you have his grace abus'd,
And all his calls of love refus'd,

Yet even now he will forgive,
O sinners, hear his voice and live.

4 Or will you crowd him from your door,
That he may never call you more?
Then think, O souls, how can you bear
To sink in death and long despair?

5 O sinners, hear, he calls again,
And do not linger on the plain;
Leave all, and fly to Jesus' arms,
And taste, O taste his heav'nly charms.

89.

C. M. WATTS.

The Rich Provisions of the Gospel.
1 GREAT God, thy blessings are not few,
Nor is thy gospel weak;

Thy grace can melt the stubborn Jew,
And heal the dying Greek.

2 Wide as the reach of Satan's rage
Does thy salvation flow;

It's not confin'd to sex or age,
The lofty or the low.

3 While grace is offer'd to the prince,
The poor may take their share;
No mortal has a just pretence
To perish in despair.

4 Come, all ye wretched sinners, come,
He'll form your souls anew;
His gospel and his heart have room
For rebels such as you.

5 His doctrine is almighty love;
There's virtue in his name

To turn a raven to a dove,

The lion to a lamb.

6 O could we raise a song of praise, Half equal to his love,

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The heav'ns would ring while we should Through all the courts above.

90.

C. M. VERMONT COLL.

1 ON Zion his most holy mount,
God will a feast prepare;
And Israel's sons, and Gentile lands,
Shall in the banquet share.

2 Marrow and fatness are the food
His bounteous hand bestows;
Wine on the lees and well refin'd,
In rich abundance flows.

? See to the vilest of the vile,

A free acceptance given;

See rebels, by adopting grace,
Sit with the heirs of heav'n.

4 The pain'd, the sick, the dying now,
To ease and health restor'd,
With eager appetites partake
The plenties of the board.

5 But O what draughts of bliss unknown,
What dainties shall be given,
When with the myriads round the throne,
We join the feast of heav'n.

6 There joys immeasurably high,
Shall overflow the soul,

And springs of life that never dry,
In thousand channels roll.

91.

C. M. VERMONT COLL

The Jubilee.

1 WHAT heavenly music do we hear?
Salvation sounding free!

Ye souls in bondage, lend an ear,
This is the Jubilee.

2 How sweetly do the tidings roll,
All round from sea to sea,

From land to land, from pole to pole;
This is the Jubilee.

3 Good news, good news to Adam's race,
Let Christians all agree,

To sing redeeming love and grace;
This is the Jubilee,

4 The gospel sounds a sweet release
To all in misery,

And bids them welcome home to peace;
This is the Jubilee.

5 Jesus is on the mercy-seat,

Before him bend the knee;

Let heav'n and earth his praise repeat,
This is the Jubilee.

6 Sinners, be wise, return, and come
Unto the Saviour free;

The Spirit bids you welcome home,
This is the Jubilee.

7 Come, ye redeem'd, your tribute bring,
With songs of harmony;

While on the road to glory sing,
This is the Jubilee.

LIFE, DEATH, AND EXALTATION OF CHRIST.

92.

11s.

DRUMMOND.

Prepare ye the way of the Lord.

1 A VOICE from the desert comes awful and shrill;

The Lord is advancing! prepare ye the way!
The word of Jehovah he comes to fulfil,
And o'er the dark world pour the splendour
of day.

2 Bring down the proud mountain, though towering to heaven,

And be the low valley exalted on high: The rough path and crooked be made smooth and even,

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For, Zion! your King, your Redeemer is nigh. 3 The beams of salvation his progress illume; The lone drearywilderness sings of her Lord; The rose and the myrtle there suddenly bloom And the olive of peace spreads its branches abroad.

93.

L. M.

DABALL'S COLL.
Nativity of Christ.

1 WAKE, O my soul, and hail the morn,
For unto us a Saviour 's born;

See, how the angels wing their way,
To usher in the glorious day!

2 Hark! what sweet music-what a song-
Sounds from the bright, celestial throng!
Sweet song-whose melting sounds impart
Joy to each raptured, listening heart.

3 Come, join the angels in the sky,
Glory to God, who reigns on high
Let peace and love on earth abound,
While time revolves and years roll round.

94.

C. M. MEALEY.

1 MORTALS, awake, with angels join,
And chant the solemn lay;

Joy, love, and gratitude, combine
To hail th' auspicious day.

2 In heav'n the rapt'rous song began,
And sweet seraphic fire
Through all the shining legions ran,
And strung and tun'd the lyre.

3 Swift through the vast expanse it flew,
And loud the echo roll'd;

The theme, the song, the joy, was new,
'Twas more than heav'n could hold.

4 Hark! the cherubic armies shout,
And glory leads the song;

Good will and peace are heard throughout
Th' harmonious heav'nly throng.

5 Hail Prince of Life! for ever hail,
Redeemer, brother, friend!

Though earth, and time, and life should fall,
Thy praise shall never end.

95.

8s & 7s. CAYWOOD.

1 HARK!-what mean those holy voices, Sweetly sounding through the skies? Lo! the angelic host rejoices;

Heavenly hallelujahs rise.

2 Hear them tell the wondrous story, Hear them chant in hymns of joy, "Glory in the highest-glory!

Glory be to God most high!

3 Peace on earth-good-will from heaven,
Reaching far as man is found."
"Souls redeemed, and sins forgiven"-
Loud our golden harps shall sound.

4 Christ is born, the great Anointed;
Heaven and earth his praises sing!
Oh receive whom God appointed.
For your Prophet, Priest, and King
5 Haste, ye mortals, to adore him;
Learn his name-and taste his jo

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