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5. Here let our hearts begin to melt,
While we His death record,

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And, with our joy for pardoned guilt,
Mourn that we pierced the Lord.

L. M.

1. O, HAPPY day that fixed my choice
On Thee, my Saviour, and my God!
Well may this glowing heart rejoice,
And tell its raptures all abroad.

2. O, happy bond that seals

my vows
To Him who merits all my love!
Let cheerful anthems fill the house,
While to His altar now I move.

3. 'Tis done the great transaction 's done;
I am my Lord's, and He is mine;
He drew me, and I followed on,
Charmed to confess the voice divine.

4. Now rest my long-divided heart!

Fixed on this blissful center, rest;
Here have I found a nobler part,
Here heavenly pleasures fill my breast.

5. High Heaven, that hears the solemn vow,
That vow renewed, shall daily hear;

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Till, in life's latest hour, I bow,

And bless in death a bond so dear.

L. M.

WATTS.

DODDRIDGE.

1. JESUS, the sinner's Friend, to Thee,
Lost and undone, for aid I flee;
Weary of earth, myself, and sin,
Open Thine arms and take me in.

2. Pity and save my sin-sick soul,
"Tis Thou alone canst make me whole;
Dark, till in me Thine image shine,
And lost I am till Thou art mine.

3. At length I own it can not be,
That I should fit myself for Thee,
Here now to Thee, I all resign,
Thine is the work, and only Thine.

4. What shall I say Thy grace to move?
Lord, I am sin, but Thou art love;
I give up every plea beside-

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Lord, I am lost, but Thou hast died.

L. M.

1. THIS child we dedicate to Thee,
O God of grace and purity!

Shield it from sin and threatening wrong,
And let Thy love its life prolong.

2. O may Thy Spirit gently draw
Its willing soul to keep Thy law;
May virtue, piety, and truth,

Dawn even with its dawning youth.

3. We, too, before Thy gracious sight, Once shared the blest baptismal rite, And would renew its solemn vow

With love, and thanks, and praises, now. 4. Grant that, with true and faithful heart, We still may act the Christian's part, Cheered by each promise thou hast given, And laboring for the prize in heaven.

WEST BOSTON COLL.

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H. M.

1. DEAR Saviour, if these lambs should stray
From Thy secure inclosure's bound,
And, lured by worldly joys away,
Among the thoughtless crowd be found;

2. Remember still that they are Thine,
That Thy dear sacred name they bear;
Think that the seal of love divine,
The sign of covenant grace they wear.

3. In all their erring, sinful years,
O let them ne'er forgotten be;
Remember all the prayers and tears

Which made them consecrate to Thee.

4. And when these lips no more can pray.
These eyes can weep for them no more,
Turn Thou their feet from folly's way;
The wand'rers to Thy fold restore.

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1. By cool Siloam's shady rill

How fair the lily grows!

How sweet the breath, beneath the hill,
Of Sharon's dewy rose!

3. Lo! such the child, whose early feet
The paths of peace have trod,

Whose secret heart, with influence sweet,
Is upward drawn to God.

3. By cool Siloam's shady rill
The lily must decay;

The rose, that blooms beneath the hill,
Must shortly fade away.

4. And soon, too soon, the wint'ry hour
Of man's maturer age

Will shake the soul with sorrow's power,
And stormy passion's rage.

5. O Thou, who givest life and breath,
We seek Thy grace alone,

In childhood, manhood, age and death,
To keep us still Thine own.

HEBER.

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1. O SAY not, think not, heavenly notes
To childish ears are vain;

That the young mind at random floats,
And can not reach the strain.

2. Was not our Lord, a little child,
Taught by degrees to pray,
By father dear, and mother mild,
Instructed day by day?

3. And though some tones be weak and low,
What are all prayers beneath

But cries of babes, that can not know
Half the deep thought they breathe?
4. In His own words we Christ adore;
But angels, as we speak,
Higher above our meaning soar,
Than we o'er children weak.

C. M.

1. SEE Israel's gentle Shepherd stand,
With all-engaging charms;

Hark! how He calls the tender lambs,
And folds them in His arms!

2. "Permit them to approach," he cries,
"Nor scorn their humble name;

It was to bless such souls as these
The Lord of angels came."

KEBLE.

3. We bring them, Lord, in thankful bands,
And yield them up to Thee;

Joyful that we ourselves are Thine,
Thine let our offspring be!

DODDRIDGE.

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1. DEAR Saviour, we are Thine

By everlasting bands;

Our hearts, our souls, we would resign
Entirely to Thy hands.

2. To Thee we still would cleave

With ever-growing zeal;

If millions tempt us Christ to leave,
O, let them ne'er prevail.

3. Thy Spirit shall unite

Our souls to Thee, our Head;
Shall form us to Thy image bright,
And teach Thy paths to tread.

4. Death may our souls divide
From these abodes of clay :
But love shall keep us near Thy side,
Through all the gloomy way.

5. Since Christ and we are one,

Why should we doubt or fear?
If He in heaven has fixed His throne,
He'll fix His members there.

DODDRIDGE,

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1. JESUS, my strength, my hope,
On Thee I cast my care,

With humble confidence look up,

And know Thou hear'st my prayer.

2. Give me on Thee to wait,
Till I can all things do,
On Thee, almighty to create,
Almighty to renew.

3. I want a sober mind,

A self-renouncing will,
That tramples down, and casts behind
The baits of pleasing ill;

4. A soul inured to pain,

To hardship, grief, and loss,

Bold to take up, firm to sustain
The consecrated cross;

5. I want a godly fear,

A quick-discerning eye,

That looks to Thee when sin is near,
And sees the tempter fly;

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