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4 No good in creatures can be found,
But all is found in thee:
I must be blessed and abound,
While thou art God to me.

5 Oh, that I had a stronger faith,
To look within the veil,

To credit what my Saviour saith,
Whose word can never fail !

6 O Lord, I cast my care on thee,
I triumph and adore;
Henceforth my great concern shall be,
To love and please thee more.

HYMN 149. L. M.

The wonderful Love of Christ. NOME, let me love, or is my mind

ice!

I see the blessed fair one bend,
And stoop t' embrace me from the skies!
2 Oh! 'tis a thought would melt a rock,
And make a heart of iron move,

That those sweet lips, that heav'nly look,
Should seek and wish a mortal love!

3 I was a traitor doom'd to fire,
Bound to sustain eternal pains:
He flew on wings of strong desire,
Assum'd my guilt and took my chains.
4 Infinite grace! almighty charms !
Stand in amaze, ye rolling skies!
Jesus, the God, extends his arms,
Hangs on a cross of love, and dies.
5 Did pity ever stoop so low,
Dress'd in divinity and blood?

Was ever rebel courted so,

In groans of an expiring God?

6 Again he lives, and spreads his hands, Hands that were nail'd to torturing smart ;

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By these dear wounds," saith he; and stands, And prays to claspe me to his heart,

7 Sure I must love; or are my ears
Still deaf, nor will my passions move!
Lord melt this stubborn heart to tears;
This heart shall yield to death or love.

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HYMN 150. S. M.

A Parting Hymn.

OLEST be the tie that binds Our hearts in Christian love; The fellowship of kindred minds, Is like to that above.

2 Before our Father's throne

We pour our ardent pray'rs;
Our fears, our hopes, our aims are one,
Our comforts and our cares.

3 We share our mutual wees;
Our mutual burdens bear;
And often for each other flows
The sympathizing tear.

4 When we asunder part,
It gives us inward pain
But we shall still be join'd is heart,
And hope to meet again.

5 This glorious hope revives

Our courage by the way; While each in expectation lives, And longs to see the day.

6 From sorrow, toil, and pain,
And sin, we shall be free;

And perfect love and friendship reign
Through all eternity.

HYMN 151. S. M.

Christian Love. Gal. iii 28.

ET no more

The Christian world o'erspread;

Gentile and Jew, and bond and fre
Are one in Christ their head.
2 Among the saints on earth,
Let mutual love be found;
Heirs of the same inheritance,
With mutual blessings crown'd.
3 Let discord, child of hell!
Be banish'd far away;

Those should in strictest frendship dwell,
Who the same Lord obey

4 Thus will the church below
Resemble that above,

Where streams of pleasure ever flow
And ev'ry heart is love.

HYMN 152. C. M.

Love to our Enemies from the Example of Christ. Luke xxiii. 34 Matt. v. 44.

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Which made the tott'ring cross its throne,

And hung its trophies there.

2 "Father, forgive," his mercy cry'd, With his expiring breath,

And drew eternal blessings down,
On those who wrought his death.
3 Jesus, this wond'rous love we sing,
And whilst we sing, admire ;
Breathe on our souls, and kindle there,
The same celestial fire.

4 Sway'd by thy dear example, Lord,
For enemies we'll pray;

With love, their hatred we'll reward,
With blessings, we'll repay.

HYMN 153. C. M.

All attainments vain without Love.
1 Cor. xiii. 1. 3.

SHOULD bounteous nature kindly pour

Her richest gifts on me,

Still, O my God, I should be poor,

If void of love to thee.

2 Not shining wit, nor manly sense,
Could make me truly good;
Nor zeal itself could recompense
The want of love to God.

3 Did I possess the gift of tongues,
But were deny'd thy grace,
My loudest words, my loftiest songs
Would be but sounding brass.

4 Tho' thou should'st give me heav'nly skill, Each myst'ry to explain,

Had I no heart to do thy will,

My knowledge would be vain.

5 Had I so strong a faith, my God, As mountains to remove,

No faith could do me real good

That did not work by loyer.

6 Oh, grant me then this one request,
And I'll be satisfy'd,

That love divine may rule my breast,
And all my actions guide.

HYMN 154. L. M.

Christian Patience. Luke xxi. 19.
ATIENCE Oh, what a grace divine!

Paiva by the God of love and pow'rs

That leans upon a Father's hand,
In ev'ry dark, afflicting hour.
2 By patience we serenely bear
The troubles of our mortal state;
And wait contented our discharge,
Nor think our glory comes too late.
2 Though we in full sensation feel
The weight, the wounds our God ordains,
We smile amid our heaviest woes,
And triumph in our sharpest pains.
4 Oh, for this grace to aid us on,
And arm with fortitude the breast,
Till life's tumultuous voyage is o'er,
We reach the shores of endless rest!
5 Faith into vision shall resign,
Hope shall in full fruition die;
And patience in possession end,
In the bright worlds of bliss on high.

HYMN 155. L. M.

Patience from an assurance of Divine Love.

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EAR Lord, though bitter is the cup,
Thy gracious hand pours out to me,

I cheerfully will drink it up,

That cannot hurt which comes from thee.

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