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9 Lord Jesus, grant me all this grace;
Abide, be one with me!

Give me to dwell in Thine embrace,
For ever one with Thee!

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H. B. STOWE.

745 Abide in me and I in you.—John xv. 4.

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Is all too pure, too high, too deep for me; Weary of striving, and with longing faint,

I breathe it back again in prayer to Thec.

2 Abide in me, I pray, and I in Thee;

From this good hour, O leave me never more; Then shall the discord cease, the wound be healed,

The lifelong bleeding of the soul be o'er. 3 Abide in me; o'ershadowed by Thy love Each half-formed purpose and dark thought of sin;

Quench, ere it rise, each selfish, low desire, And keep my soul as Thine, calm and divine. 4 As some rare perfume in a vase of clay

Pervades it with a fragrance not its own, So, when Thou dwellest in a mortal soul,

All heaven's own sweetness seems around it thrown.

5 Abide in me; there have been moments pure When I have heard Thy voice and felt Thy power,

Then evil lost its grasp, and passion hushed,

Owned the divine enchantment of the hour. 6 These were but seasons, beautiful and rare; Abide in me, and they shall ever be. Fulfil at once Thy precept and my prayerCome, and abide in me, and I in Thee.

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H. BONAR.

746 Your life is hid with Christ in God.—Col. iii. 3

UR life is hid with Christ,
With Christ in God above;
Upward our heart would go to Him
Whom, seeing not, we love.
When He, who is our life,

Appears to take the throne,

We too shall be revealed and shine
In glory like His own.

2 He liveth and we live!
His life for us prevails;
His fulness fills our mighty void,
His strength for us avails.
Life worketh in us now,

Life is for us in store;

So death is swallowed up of life,
We live for evermore.

3 Not to ourselves we live,

Not to ourselves we die,
Unto the Lord we die or live;
With Him we sit on high.
We seek the things above,

For we are only His;

Like Him we soon shall be, for we
Shall see Him as He is.

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PERSEVERING FIDELITY.

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Abide in Me.-John xv. 4.

ABIDE in Him who for us

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J. D. BURNS.

In His love to earth came down ;
Who to ease us of our sorrow,

Countless sorrows made His own.
Cleave to Him! when all things tremble,
He abides a rock of trust;

He, though all in dust should crumble,
Stands victorious o'er the dust.

2 All things vanish! hearts are breaking
Which you clung to fast before,
And the lips that once were speaking
Words of comfort, speak no more.
And the arm that gave protection
Is no more your strength and shield;
And the eye that looked affection
Is in death for ever sealed.

3 All things perish! earth is hasting
In the earth to find its grave;
And all worldly joys are wasting;
Also wastes the heart, their slave.

Earthly forms to dust must moulder,
Earthly flames be quenched in gloom,
Earthly chains their links unsolder,
Earthly flowers must lose their bloom.
4 Yet above the wreck of nature

Stands the Lord, and calmly saith—
Lean on Me, thou trembling creature;
Cling to hope, and love, and faith!
Then abide in Him, the abiding-
Him who gives abiding bliss,
Who writes all, that trust His guiding,
In the Book of Life as His!

44, 888. J. S. B. MONSELL. 748 Fight the good fight of faith.—1 Tim. vi. 12.

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With all thy might,

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Christ is thy strength, and Christ thy right;

Lay hold on life, and it shall be
Thy joy and crown eternally.

Run the straight race,

Through God's good grace,
Lift up thine eyes, and seek His face;
Life with its way before us lies,
Christ is the path, and Christ the prize.

Cast care aside;

Upon Thy Guide

Lean, and His mercy will provide;

Lean, and the trusting soul shall prove
Christ is its life, and Christ its love.

Faint not nor fear;

His arms are near,

He changeth not, and Thou art dear:
Only believe, and Thou shalt see
That Christ is all in all to Thee.

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C. WESLEY.

749 Take unto you the whole armour of God.

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Ephesians vi. 13.

OLDIERS of Christ, arise,
And put your armour on,

Strong in the strength which God supplies
Through His eternal Son.

2 Strong in the Lord of Hosts,
And in His mighty power,

Who in the strength of Jesus trusts
Is more than conqueror.

3 Stand, then, in His great might,
With all His strength endued;
But take, to arm you for the fight,
The panoply of God.

4 Leave no unguarded place,
No weakness of the soul;
Take every virtue, every grace,
And fortify the whole.

5 To keep your armour bright,
Attend with constant care;
Still walking in your Captain's sight,
And watching unto prayer.

6 From strength to strength go on,
Wrestle and fight and pray,

Tread all the powers of darkness down,
And win the well-fought day.

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750 There is no work nor device.....in the grave,

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whither thou goest.-Ecclesiastes ix. 10. INISH thy work, the time is short, The sun is in the west,

The night is coming down; till then

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