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Our blest Redeemer, ere He breathed His tender, last fare well,

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2 Holy Spirit! in my breast,
Grant that living faith may rest;
And subdue each rebel thought
To believe what Thou hast taught.
3 When around my sinking soul
Gathering waves of sorrow roll,
Spirit bless'd! the tempest still,
And with hope my bosom fill.

4 Holy Spirit! from my mind
Thought, and wish, and will unkind,
Deed and word unkind remove,
And my bosom fill with love.

5 Faith, and hope, and charity,
Comforter! descend from Thee:
Thou th' anointing Spirit art;
These Thy gifts to us impart!

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Richard Mant, 1837. C. M.

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C. M. Tune -CHERITH.

A GLORY gilds the sacred page,
Majestic, like the sun;

It gives a light to every age;

It gives, but borrows none.

2 The hand, that gave it, still supplies
The gracious light and heat;
His truths upon the nations rise,—
They rise, but never set.

3 Let everlasting thanks be Thine,
For such a bright display,

As makes a world of darkness shine
With beams of heavenly day.

4 My soul rejoices to pursue
The steps of Him I love,
Till glory breaks upon my view,
In brighter worlds above.

William Cowper, 1772.

L. SPOHR, 1840.

Father of mercies in Thy word, What end less glory shines!

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Begin, my tongue! some heavenly theme, And speak some boundless thing,

The might-y works, or mightier name Of our eternal King.

2 Tell of His wondrous faithfulness, And sound His power abroad; Sing the sweet promise of His grace, And the performing God.

3 Engraved as in eternal brass,
The mighty promise shines,
Nor can the powers of darkness raze
Those everlasting lines.

4 His very word of grace is strong
As that which built the skies:
The voice that rolls the stars along
Speaks all the promises.

Isaac Watts, 1707.

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3 Sun, moon, and stars convey Thy praise,
Round the whole earth, and never stand;
So, when Thy truth began its race,
It touched and glanced on every land.

4 Nor shall Thy spreading gospel rest, Till thro the world Thy truth has run; Till Christ has all the nations bless'd,

That see the light, or feel the sun.

5 Great Sun of Righteousness! arise;
Bless the dark world with heavenly light;
Thy gospel makes the simple wise,
Thy laws are pure, Thy judgments right.

253 Canterbury. C. M.

We read Thy name in fair-er lines. 3 8

6 Thy noblest wonders here we view,
In souls renewed, and sius forgiven:
Lord! cleanse my sins, my soul renew,
And make Thy word my guide to heaven.
Isaac Watts, 1719.

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GOD, in the gospel of His Son,
Makes His eternal counsels known:
Where love in all its glory shines,
And truth is drawn in fairest lines.
2 Here sinners, of an humble frame,
May taste His grace, and learn His name;
May read, in characters of blood,
The wisdom, power, and grace of God.
3 Here faith reveals to mortal eyes
A brighter world beyond the skies;
Here shines the light which guides our way
From earth to realms of endless day.
Benjamin Beddome, 1787.

EDWARD BLANCK'S, 1592.

How sad our state by nature is! Our sin how deep it stains!

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2 My crimes though great, cannot surpass
The power and glory of Thy grace;
Great God! Thy nature hath no bound,
So let Thy pard'ning love be found.

3 Oh! wash my soul from every sin,
And make my guilty conscience clean;
Here on my heart the burden lies,
And past offences pain my eyes.

4 My lips with shame my sins confess,
Against Thy law, against Thy grace;
Lord! should Thy judgments be severe,
I am condemned but Thou art clear!

Isaac Watts, 1719.

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FROM deep distress and troubled thoughts, To Thee, my God! I raised my cries: If Thou severely mark our faults,

No flesh can stand before Thine eyes.

2 But Thou hast built Thy throne of grace, Free to dispense Thy pardons there; That sinners may approach Thy face,

And hope and love, as well as fear. 3 Great is His love, and large His grace, Through the redemption of His Son; He turns our feet from sinful ways, And pardons what our hands have done.

Isaac Watts, 1719.

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