2 Haste thee on from grace to glory,
Armed with faith, and winged with prayer
Heaven's eternal day 's before thee,

God's own hand shall guide thee there:
Soon shall close thine earthly mission,
Soon shall pass thy pilgrim-days;
Hope shall change to glad fruition --
Faith to sight, and prayer to praise.

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Salvation by Grace.

1 GRACE! 't is a charming sound,→
Harmonious to the ear;

Heaven with the echo shall resound,
And all the earth shall hear.

2 Grace first contrived the way
To save rebellious man;

And all the steps that grace display,
Which drew the wondrous plan.

3 Grace led my roving feet

To tread the heavenly road;
And new supplies each hour I meet,
While pressing on to God.

4 Grace all the work shall crown,
Through everlasting days;

It lays in heaven the topmost stone,
And well deserves the praise.

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Filial Obedience.

1 GRACE, like an uncorrupted seed, Abides and reigns within;

Immortal principles forbid

The sons of God to sin.

2 Not by the terrors of a slave,
Do they perform his will;
But, with the noblest powers they have,
His sweet commands fulfill.

3 They find access, at every hour,
To God, within the veil ;

Hence they derive a quickening power,
And joys that never fail.

1 Oh! happy souls!-Oh! glorious state
Of overflowing grace,

To dwell so near their Father's seat,
And see his lovely face.

5 Lord! I address thy heavenly throne;
Call me a child of thine;
Send down the Spirit of thy Son
To form my heart divine.

6 There shed thy choicest love abroad,
And make my comforts strong;

Then shall I say,

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-" My Father, God!" With an unwavering tongue.

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Faith encouraged by ancient Examples.

1 RISE, O my soul! pursue the path, By ancient worthies trod; Aspiring, view those holy men,

Who lived and walked with God.

2 Though dead, they speak in reason's ear,
And in example live;

Their faith, and hope, and mighty deeds,
Still fresh instruction give.

3 "T was through the Lamb's most precious blood, They conquered every foe;

And to his power and matchless grace,
Their crowns of life they owe.

4 Lord! may I ever keep in view
The patterns thou hast given;
And ne'er forsake the blessed road,
That led them safe to heaven.

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Salvation through Christ.

1 NOW, to the power of God supreme
Be everlasting honors given;

He saves from hell,-we bless his name,-
He calls our wandering feet to heaven.

2 Not for our duties, or deserts,

But of his own abounding grace,
He works salvation in our hearts,
And forms a people for his praise.

3 'T was his own purpose that begun To rescue rebels, doomed to 'die; He gave us grace in Christ, his Son, Before he spread the starry sky. 4 Jesus, the Lord, appears at last,

And makes his Father's counsels known; Declares the great transaction past,

And brings immortal blessings down. 5 He dies, and, in that dreadful night, Did all the powers of hell destroy; Rising he brought our heaven to light, And took possession of the joy.

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The Hope of Heaven.

1 WHEN I can read my title, clear, To mansions in the skies,

I bid farewell to every fear,

And wipe my weeping eyes.

2 Should earth against my soul engage,
And hell's fierce darts be hurled:
Then I can smile at Satan's rage,
And face a frowning world.

3 Let cares, like a wild deluge, come,
And storms of sorrow fall;

May I but safely reach my home,
My God, my heaven, my all;—

4 There shall I bathe my weary soul,
In seas of heavenly rest;
And not a wave of trouble roll,
Across my peaceful breast.

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7s and 6s. Peculiar.

Pilgrim's Song.

1 RISE, my soul! and stretch thy wings,
Thy better portion trace;
Rise from transitory things,

Toward heaven, thy native place:

Sun, and moon, and stars decay,
Time shall soon this earth remove;

Rise, my soul! and haste away,
To seats prepared above.

2 Rivers to the ocean run,

Nor stay in all their course;
Fire ascending seeks the sun,-
Both speed them to their source;
So a soul, that 's born of God,
Pants to view his glorious face;
Upward tends to his abode,
To rest in his embrace.

3 Cease, ye pilgrims! cease to mourn,
Press onward to the prize;
Soon the Saviour will return,
Triumphant in the skies:
Yet a season,-and you know,
Happy entrance will be given;
All our sorrows left below,

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And earth exchanged for heaven.

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Salvation by Grace.

1 LORD! we confess our numerous faults;
How great our guilt has been!
Foolish and vain were all our thoughts,
And all our lives were sin.

2 But,

my soul! for ever praise,

F ever love his name,

Who turns thy feet from dangerous ways
Of folly, sin, and shame.

3 "T is not by works of righteousness
Which our own hands have done;
But we are saved by sovereign grace,
Abounding through his Son

"T is from the mercy of our God,
That all our hopes begin;
'Tis by the water, and the blood,
Our souls are washed from sin.

5 "T is through the purchase of his death
Who hung upon the tree,

The Spirit is sent down, to breathe
On such dry bones as we.

6 Raised from the dead, we live anew;
And, justified by grace,

We shall appear in glory too,
And see our Father's face.

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Heavenly Joy on Earth

1 COME, ye who love the Lord!

And let your joys be known:
Join in a song of sweet accord,
And thus surround the throne.

2 Let those refuse to sing,

Who never knew our God;
But children of the heavenly King
May speak their joys abroad.
3 The men of grace have found
Glory begun below;

Celestial fruits on earthly ground
From faith and hope may grow.

4 The hill of Zion yields

A thousand sacred sweets,
Before we reach the heavenly fields,
Or walk the golden streets.

5 Then let our songs abound,
And every tear be dry;

We're marching through Immanuel's ground,
To fairer worlds on high.

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Redemption and Protection.

1 ARISE, my soul! my joyful powers!
And triumph in my God;

Awake, my voice! and loud proclaim
His glorious grace abroad.

2 He raised me from the deeps of sin,-
The opening gates of hell;
And fixed my standing more secure,
That 't was before I fell.

3 The arms of everlasting love,
Beneath my soul he placed;
And on the rock of ages set
My slippery footsteps fast.
4 The city of my blest abode

Is walled around with grace;
Salvation for a bulwark stands,
To shield the sacred place.