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3 See the gospel church secure,
And founded on a Rock!
All her promises are sure;

Her bulwarks who can shock?
Count her every precious shrine;
Tell, to after-ages, tell,
Fortified by power Divine,

The church can never fail.

4 Zion's God is all our own,
Who on His love rely;

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We His pardoning love have known,
And live to Christ, and die :

To the New Jerusalem

He our faithful Guide shall be ;
Him we claim, and rest in Him,
Through all eternity.

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OW beauteous are their feet,
Who stand on Zion's hill ;
Who bring salvation on their tongues,
And words of peace reveal!
2 How charming is their voice,
How sweet the tidings are!
'Zion! behold thy Saviour King,
He reigns and triumphs here.'

3 How happy are our ears,

That hear this joyful sound,
Which kings and prophets waited for,
And sought, but never found!

4 How blessed are our eyes,

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That see this heavenly light!
Prophets and kings desired it long,
But died without the sight.

The watchmen join their voice,
And tuneful notes employ ;
Jerusalem breaks forth in songs,
And deserts learn the joy.

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The Lord makes bare His arm
Through all the earth abroad:
Let all the nations now behold

Their Saviour and their God!

8.7.4. Psalm ciii.

LYTE. 1834.

PRAISE, my soul, the King of heaven;

To his feet thy tribute bring;
Ransomed, healed, restored, forgiven,
Who like thee, His praise should sing?
Hallelujah!

Praise the everlasting King!

2 Praise Him for His grace and favour,
To our fathers in distress;
Praise Him, still the same for ever,
Slow to chide, and swift to bless;
Hallelujah!

Glorious in His faithfulness!

3 Father-like, He tends and spares us;
Well our feeble frame He knows ;
In His hands He gently bears us,
Rescues us from all our foes:
Hallelujah!

Widely yet His mercy flows!

4 Angels, help us to adore Him ;
Ye behold Him face to face:

All His works bow down before Him,
Through the boundless realms of space.
Hallelujah!

Praise with us the God of grace!

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L.M,
Psalm lxiii.

WATTS. 1719.

REAT God, indulge my humble claim,
Thou art my Hope, my Joy, my Rest:

The glories that compose Thy name,
Stand all engaged to make me blest.

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2 Thou great and good, Thou just and wise,
Thou art my Father, and my God;
And I am Thine, by sacred ties,

Thy son, Thy servant, bought with blood.
3 With heart, and eyes, and lifted hands,
For Thee I long, to Thee I look ;
As travellers in thirsty lands

Pant for the cooling water-brook. 4 With early feet, I love to appear

Among Thy saints, and seek Thy face :
Oft have I seen Thy glory there,

And felt the power of sovereign grace.
5 Should I from Thee, my God, remove,
Life could no lasting joy afford:
My peace, the sense of pardoning love;
My guard, the presence of my Lord.
6 I'll lift my hands, I'll raise my voice,
While I have breath to pray or praise;
This work shall make my heart rejoice,
And fill the remnant of my days.

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ATHER, behold with gracious eyes,
The souls before Thy throne;

Who now present their sacrifice,

And seek Thee in Thy Son.

2 Well pleased in Him Thyself declare,
Thy pardoning love reveal,
The peaceful answer of our prayer,
To every conscience seal.

3 On me, on all, some gift bestow,
Some blessing now impart;
The seed of life eternal sow
In every mournful heart.

4 Thy loving, powerful Spirit shed,
And speak our sins forgiven;

Or haste throughout the lump to spread
The sanctifying leaven.

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5 Refresh us with a ceaseless shower
Of graces from above,
Till all receive the perfect power
Of everlasting love.

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THOU, whom all Thy saints adore,
We now with all Thy saints agree,
And bow our inmost souls before

Thy glorious, awful Majesty.

2 Thee, King of nations, we proclaim,

Who would not our great Sovereign fear? We long to' experience all Thy name, And now we come to meet Thee here. 3 We come, great God, to seek Thy face, And for Thy lovingkindness wait; And O, how dreadful is this place!

"Tis God's own house, 'tis heaven's gate.
4 Tremble our hearts to find Thee nigh,
To Thee our trembling hearts aspire ;.
And lo! we see descend from high
The pillar and the flame of fire!
5 Still let it on the assembly stay,
And all the house with glory fill ;
To Canaan's bounds point out our way,
And lead us to Thy holy hill.

6 There let us all with Jesus stand,
And join the general church above,
And take our seats at Thy right hand,
And sing Thine everlasting love.

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C.M.

Numb. vi. 24-26.

C. WESLEY. 1762,

COM

OME, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,
One God in Persons Three,

Bring back the heavenly blessing, lost
By all mankind and me.

2 Thy favour, and Thy nature too,
To me, to all restore;
Forgive, and after God renew,
And keep us evermore.

3 Eternal Sun of Righteousness,
Display Thy beams divine,
And cause the glories of Thy face
Upon my heart to shine.

see,

4 Light in Thy light O may I
Thy grace and mercy prove,

Revived and cheer'd, and bless'd by Thee,
The God of pardoning love.

5 Lift up Thy countenance serene,
And let Thy happy child

Behold, without a cloud between,
The Godhead reconciled!

6 That all-comprising peace bestow
On me, through grace forgiven;
The joys of holiness below,
And then the joys of heaven!

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C.M.

N Thee, O God of purity,
I wait for hallowing grace;
None without holiness shall see
The glories of Thy face.

2 Thou hatest all that evil do,
Or speak iniquity ;

C. WESLEY. 1741.

The hearts unkind, and hearts untrue,
Are both abhorred by Thee.

3 But as for me, with humble fear
I will approach Thy gate,
Though most unworthy to draw near,
Or in Thy courts to wait.

4 I trust in Thy unbounded grace,
To all so freely given,

And worship toward Thy holy place,
And lift my soul to heaven.

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