5 When I touch the blessed shore,
Back the closing waves shall roll;
Death's dark stream shall never more
Part from thee my ravished soul.

6 Thus,-Oh! thus an entrance give
To the land of cloudless sky;
Having known it, "Christ to live,"
Let me know it, "gain to die."

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8s and 7s.

Jesus, exalted to the Throne.

1 JESUS! hail! enthroned in glory,
There for ever to abide ;

All the heavenly host adore thee,
Seated at thy Father's side.

2 There for sinners thou art pleading,
There thou dost our place prepare;
Ever for us interceding,

Till in glory we appear.

3 Worship, honor, power, and blessing,
Thou art worthy to receive:
Loudest praises, without ceasing,
Meet it is for us to give.

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Help, ye bright angelic spirits!
Bring your sweetest, noblest lays;
Help to sing our Saviour's merits,-
Help to chant Immanuel's praise.

192.

L. M.

Christ, the Lord of Angels.

1 GREAT God! to what a glorious height Hast thou advanced the Lord, thy Son! Angels, in all their robes of light,

Are made the servants of his throne.

2 Before his feet their armies wait,

And swift as flames of fire they move,

To manage his affairs of state,

In works of vengeance, or of love.
3 Now they are sent to guide our feet,
Up to the gates of thine abode,
Through all the dangers that we meet,
In travelling o'er the heavenly road.

4 Lord! when we leave this mortal ground, And thou shalt bid us rise and come,Send thy beloved angels down

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Safe to conduct our spirits home.

L. M.

The Way to Heaven.

1 JESUS, my all, to heaven is gone,— He whom I fix my hopes upon; His track I see, and I'll pursue The narrow way, till him I view. 2 This is the way I long have sought, And mourned because I found it not; Till late I heard my Saviour say,"Come hither, soul! I am the way." 3 Lo! glad I come, and thou, blest Lamb! Shalt take me to thee as I am; My sinful self to thee I giveNothing but love shall I receive. 4 Then will I tell to sinners round, What a dear Saviour I have found; I'll point to thy redeeming blood, And say,-"Behold the way to God!"

194.

S. M.

Christ's Intercession.

1 YES, the Redeemer 's gone,
T' appear before our God;

To sprinkle o'er the flaming throne,
With his atoning blood.

2 No fiery vengeance now,—

No burning wrath comes down;
If justice calls for sinners' blood,
The Saviour shows his own.

3 Before his Father's eye

Our humble suit he moves;
The Father lays his thunder by,
And looks, and smiles, and loves.

4 Now may our joyful tongues
Our Maker's honors sing;

Jesus, the priest, receives our songs,
And bears them to the King.

5 We bow before his face,
And sound his glories high:
Hosanna to the God of grace,
Who lays his thunder by.

6 On earth thy mercy reigns,
And triumphs all above:

But, Lord! how weak our mortal strains,
To speak immortal love!

195.

L. M.

The Dominion of Christ.

1 HAIL to the Prince of life and peace,
Who holds the keys of death and hell!
The boundless world unseen is his,

And sovereign power becomes him well.
2 In shame and anguish once he died ;—
But now he lives for evermore:
Bow down, ye saints! around his seat,
And, all ye angel-bands! adore.

3 Live-live for ever, glorious Lord!

To quell thy foes-and guard thy friends;
While all thy chosen tribes rejoice,
That thy dominion never ends.

4 Worthy thy hand to hold the keys,
Guided by wisdom, and by love;
Worthy to rule o'er mortal life,

O'er worlds below, and worlds above.

5 For ever reign, victorious King!

Wide through the earth thy name be known! And call my longing soul to sing

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Sublimer anthems near thy throne.

H. M.

Our High-Priest in Heaven

1 TH' atoning work is done,—

The victim's blood is shed;

And Jesus now is gone

His people's cause to plead :

He stands in heaven, their great nigh-priest,

And bears their names upon his breast.

2 No temple made with hands

His place of service is:

In heaven itself he stands,

A heavenly priesthood his :
In him the shadows of the law
Are all fulfilled, and now withdraw.
3 And though awhile he be

Hid from the eyes of men,
His people look to see

Their great high-priest again :
In brightest glory he will come,
And take his waiting people home.

197.

C. M.

Our Great High-Priest.

1 COME, let us join our songs of praise
To our ascended Priest;

He entered heaven, with all our names
Engraven on his breast.

2 Below he washed our guilt away,
By his atoning blood;

Now he appears before the throne,
And pleads our cause with God.

3 Clothed with our nature still, he knows The weakness of our frame,

And how to shield us from the foes
Whom he himself o'ercame.

4 Nor time, nor distance, e'er shall quench The fervors of his love;

For us he died in kindness here,
And intercedes above.

5 Oh! may we ne'er forget his grace,
Nor blush to bear his name;

Still may our hearts hold fast his faith -
Our lips his praise proclaim.

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HOLY SPIRIT.

C. M.

Breathing after the Holy Spirit.

1 COME, Holy Spirit, heavenly Dove!
With all thy quickening powers,-

Kindle a flame of sacred love,
In these cold hearts of ours.

2 Look-how we grovel here below,
Fond of these trifling toys!
Our souls can neither fly nor go,
To reach eternal joys.

3 In vain we tune our formal songs, In vain we strive to rise;

Hosannas languish on our tongues,
And our devotion dies.

4 Dear Lord! and shall we ever live
At this poor dying rate?
Our love so faint, so cold to thee,
And thine to us so great?

5 Come, Holy Spirit, heavenly Dove!
With all thy quickening powers;
Come, shed abroad a Saviour's love,
And that shall kindle ours.

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S. M

Convicting and sanctifying Influenco.

1 COME, Holy Spirit! come,
Let thy bright beams arise;
Dispel the sorrow from our minds,
The darkness from our eyes.

2 Convince us of our sin,

Then lead to Jesus' blood;
And, to our wondering view, reveal
The secret love of God.

3 "T is thine to cleanse the heart,
To sanctify the soul,

To pour fresh life in every part,
And new-create the whole.

4 Revive our drooping faith;

Our doubts and fears remove; And kindle in our breast the flame Of never-dying love.

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Influences of the Spirit.

1 GRACIOUS Spirit! Love divine! Let thy light within me shine: