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Oh! when shall my spirit exchange
This cell of corruptible clay

For its heav'nly mansions, and range
Through realms of ineffable day!
4 My glorious REDEEMER! I long
To see thee descend on the cloud,
Amidst the bright numberless throng,
And mix with the triumphing crowd:
Oh, when wilt thou bid me ascend,
To join in thy praises above,

To be with thee world without end,
Receiving the fulness of love?

5 Nor sorrow, nor sickness, nor pain,
Nor sin, nor temptation, nor fear,
Shall ever molest me again,
Perfection of glory reigns there:
This soul and this body shall shine,
In robes of salvation and praise,
And banquet on pleasures divine,
Where God all his glory displays.

6 Ye palaces, sceptres, and crowns,
Your pride with disdain I survey;
Your pompsare but shadows and sounds,
And pass in a moment away:

The crown that my SAVIOUR bestows,
Yon glorious sun shall outshine;

My joy everlastingly flows,

My GOD, my REDEEMER, is mine.

316. Encouraged by past Mercies.

8-7.

Ebenezer, or hitherto hath the Lord helped us.-1 SAM. vii. 12.

COME, thou Fount of every blessing!
Tune my heart to sing thy grace!
Streams of mercy never ceasing
Call for songs of loudest praise :
Teach me, Lord, the rapt'rous measures,
Sung by joyful tongues above;
Bid me tell the countless treasures
Of my God's unchanging love.

2 Here I raise my Ebenezer,

Hither by thy help I'm come;
And I hope, by thy good pleasure,
Safely to arrive at home.
JESUS Sought me when a stranger,
Wand'ring from the fold of GOD;
He, to save my soul from danger,
Interpos'd his precious blood.

3 0, to grace how great a debtor,
Daily I'm constrain'd to be!
Let that grace, Lord, like a fetter,
Bind my wand'ring heart to thee.
Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it;
Prone to leave the GOD I love-
Here's my heart, Lord, take and seal it,
Seal it from thy courts above.

317. Grace sufficient promised. C.M.

My grace is sufficient for thee; for my strength is made perfect in weakness.-2 COR. xii. 9.

KIND are the words that JESUS speaks
To cheer the drooping saint;
"My grace sufficient is for you,
"Tho' nature's pow'rs may faint.

2 "My grace its glories shall display,
"And make your griefs remove;
"Your weakness shall the triumphs tell
"Of boundless power and love."

3 What, tho' my griefs are not remov'd, Yet why should I despair?

While" everlasting arms" support,
I can the burden bear.

4 JESUS, my SAVIOUR and my LORD!
'Tis good to trust thy name:
Thy power, thy faithfulness, and love,
Will ever be the same.

5 Weak as I am, yet thro' thy grace
I all things can perform;

And triumph in thy saving name
Amid the raging storm.

318. The Security of the Believer. C.M.

He that dwellet in the secret place of the Most High, shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. PSALM Xci. 1.

INCARNATE GOD! the soul that knows
Thy name's mysterious pow'r,
Shall dwell in undisturb'd repose,
Nor fear the trying hour.

2 Thy wisdom, faithfulness, and love,
To feeble helpless worms,
A buckler and a refuge prove
From enemies and storms.

3 Angels unseen, attend the saints,
And bear them in their arms,
To cheer the spirit when it faints,
And guard their life from harms.
4 The angels' LORD himself is nigh
To them that love his name;
Ready to save them when they cry,
And put their foes to shame.

5 Crosses and changes are their lot,
Long as they sojourn here;

But since their SAVIOUR changes not,
What have the saints to fear?

319. The Security of the Believer. C.M.

My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they fol low me: and I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any pluck them out of my hand. JOHN X. 27, 28.

IMMOVABLE thy promise stands,
My LORD, my hope, my trust;
If I am found in JESU's hands,
My soul can ne'er be lost.

2 His honour is engag❜d to save
The meanest of his sheep;
All that his heavenly Father gave,
His hands securely keep.

3 Why do I then indulge my fears,
Suspicions and complaints?
Is he a GOD, and shall his grace
Grow weary of his saints?

4 *Yea, though a mother of her child
E'en might forgetful prove;
Yet Zion's graven on the palms
Of everlasting love.

See ISAIAH xlix. 14 to 16.

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