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385.

C. M.

Faith of Things unseen.

1 FAITH is the brightest evidence
Of things beyond our sight;

Breaks through the clouds of flesh and sense,
And dwells in heavenly light.

2 It sets times past, in present view,
Brings distant prospects home-
Of things a thousand years ago,
Or thousand years to come.

3 By faith, we know the worlds were made
By God's almighty word:
Abram, to unknown countries led,
By faith, obeyed the Lord.

4 He sought a city fair and high,
Built by th' eternal hands;

And faith assures us, though we die,
That heavenly building stands.

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The Power of Faith.

1 FAITH adds new charms to earthly bliss, And saves me from its snares;

Its aid, in every duty, brings,

And softens all my cares.

2 The wounded conscience knows its power,
The healing balm to give;
That balm the saddest heart can cheer,
And make the dying live.

3 Wide it unveils celestial worlds,
Where deathless pleasures reign;
And bids me seek my portion there,
Nor bids me seek in vain.

4 It shows the precious promise, sealed
With the Redeemer's blood;

And helps my feeble hope to rest
Upon a faithful God.

5 There there unshaken would I rest,
Till this vile body dies;

And then, on faith's triumphant wings,
To endless glory rise.

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387. Justification; or, Law and Grace.

1 VAIN are the hopes, the sons of men
On their own works have built ;-
Their hearts, by nature, all unclean,
And all their actions, guilt.

2 Let Jew and Gentile stop their mouths,
Without a murm'ring word;

And the whole race of Adam stand
Guilty before the Lord.

3 In vain we ask God's righteous law
To justify us now;

Since to convince, and to condemn,
Is all the law can do.

4 Jesus! how glorious is thy grace!—
When in thy name we trust,

Our faith receives a righteousness
That makes the sinner just.

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388. The Value of Christ and his Righteousness

1 NO more,-my God! I boast no more,
Of all the duties I have done;

I quit the hopes I held before,
To trust the merits of thy Son.

2 Now, for the love I bear his name,
What was my gain, I count my loss;
My former pride I call my shame,
And nail my glory to his cross.
3 Yes, and I must, and will, esteem;
All things but loss for Jesus' sake
Oh! may my soul be found in him,
And of his righteousness partake.
4 The best obedience of my hands

Dares not appear before thy throne;
But faith can answer thy demands,
By pleading what my Lord has done.

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Retirement.

1 FAR from the world, O Lord! I flee,From strife and tumult far;

From scenes, where Satan wages still
His most successful war.

2 The calm retreat, the silent shade,
With prayer and praise agree;
And seem, by thy sweet bounty, made
For those who follow thee.

3 There, if thy Spirit touch the soul,
And grace her mean abode,

Oh! with what peace, and joy, and love,
She then communes with God.

4 There, like the nightingale, she pours
Her solitary lays;

Nor asks a witness of her song,
Nor thirst for human praise.
5 Author and guardian of my life,-
Sweet source of light divine,-
And-all harmonious names in one-
Blest Saviour!-thou art mine.

6 What thanks I owe thee, and what love! And praise, an endless store,

Shall echo through the realms above,
When time shall be no more.

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Privileges of Adoption.

1 BLESSED are the sons of God;
They are bought with Jesus' blood;
They are ransomed from the grave;-
Life eternal they shall have:
With them numbered may we be,
Here, and in eternity.

2 They are justified by grace;
They enjoy the Saviour's peace;
All their sins are washed away;
They shall stand in God's great day:
With them numbered may we be,
Here, and in eternity.

3 They produce the fruits of grace,
In the works of righteousness;
They are harmless, meek and mild,
Holy, blameless, undefiled:

With them numbered may we be,
Here, and in eternity.

4 They are lights upon the earth,-
Children of a heavenly birth,-
One with God, with Jesus one;
Glory is in them begun :

With them numbered may we be,
Here, and in eternity.

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391. Hope of Heaven through Christ.
1 BLEST be the everlasting God,
The Father of our Lord;

Be his abounding mercy praised,-
His majesty adored.

2 When from the dead he raised his Son,
And called him to the sky,

He gave our souls a lively hope,
That they should never die.

3 What though our inbred sins require
Our flesh to see the dust;
Yet, as the Lord, our Saviour, rose,
So all his followers must.

4 There's an inheritance divine,
Reserved against that day;
"T is uncorrupted, undefiled,
And cannot waste away.

5 Saints, by the power of God, are kept
Till the salvation come;

We walk by faith, as strangers here,
Till Christ shall call us home.

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Adoption.

1 BEHOLD! what wondrous grace
The Father has bestowed,
On sinners of a mortal race,

To call them sons of God.

2 'T is no surprising thing,

That we should be unknown;

The Jewish world knew not their king,

God's everlasting Son.

3 Nor doth it yet appear

How great we must be made :

But when we see our Saviour here,
We shall be like our head.

4 A hope, so much divine,

May trials well endure;

May purge our souls from sense and sin,
As Christ, the Lord, is pure.

5 If, in my Father's love,

I share a filial part,

Send down thy Spirit, like a dove,

To rest upon my heart.

6 We would no longer lie.

Like slaves, beneath the throne;
Our faith shall-"Abba, Father!"-cry,
And thou the kindred own.

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The Fearful encouraged.

1 YE trembling souls! dismiss your fears, 1 Be mercy all your theme; Mercy-which, like a river, flows,

In one perpetual stream.

2 Fear not the powers of earth and hell;Those powers will God restrain;

His arm shall all their rage repel,
And make their efforts vain.

3 Fear not the want of outward good;
For his he will provide,
Grant them supplies of daily food,
And all they need beside.

4 Fear not that he will e'er forsake,
Or leave his work undone ;
He's faithful to his promises,
And faithful to his Son.

5 Fear not the terrors of the grave,
Nor death's tremendous sting;

He will, from endless wrath, preserve→
To endless glory bring.

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Saints in the Hands of Christ.

1 FIRM as the earth, thy gospel stands, My Lord, my hope, my trust!

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