Open now the glorious fountain,
Whence the healing waters flow,
Let the fiery cloud and pillar
Lead me all my journey through.
Strong deliverer,

Be thou still my strength and shield.

When I tread the verge of Jordan,
Bid mine anxious fears subside,
Death of deaths', and hell's destruction,
Land me safe on Canaan's side.
Songs of praises,

I will ever give to thee.

Musing on thy glorious kingdom;
Musing on that happy home,
Fills my soul with holy longing,
Come, Lord Jesus, quickly come,
Come to glory,

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Lord, I long to be with thee..

CCXVIII.

And he led them on safely."-Ps. lxxviii. 53,

SAVIOUR, through the desert lead us,
Without thee we cannot go;

Thou from cruel chains hast freed us,
Thou hast laid the tyrant low.
Let thy presence

Cheer us all our journey through.

With a price thy love hath bought us, Saviour what a love is thine; Hitherto thy power hath brought us, Power and love in thee combine, Lord of glory,

Ever on thine Israel shine.

Thro' a desert, waste and cheerless,
Tho' our distant journey be,
Rendered by thy presence fearless,
We may every foe defy:

Nought shall move us,

While we see the Saviour nigh,

Then lead on, Almighty victor,
Scatter every hostile band;
Be our guide and our protector,
Till on Canaan's shore we stand.
Shouts of victory,

Then shall fill the promised land.

CCXIX.

"Make us to go in the path of thy Commandments." Ps. cxix. 35.

KEEP us, Lord, Oh, keep us ever,
Vain our hope, if left by Thee;
We are Thine, Oh! leave us never,
Till thy glorious face we see,
Then to praise Thee,

Through a bright eternity.

All our strength at once would fail us,
If deserted, Lord, by Thee;
Nothing then could ought avail us,
Certain our defeat would be.
Those who hate us,

Thenceforth their desire would see.

But we look to Thee as able

Grace to give in time of need; Heaven we know is not more stable, Than the promise which we plead. "Tis thy promise

Gives thy people hope indeed.

Lead us then a way we know not,
Make the darkness round us light;

When thy will thy people do not,
Pardon, cleanse, and set them right.
Till in glory,

All in joyful songs unite.

CCXX.

For he hath said, I will never leave thee nor forsake thee." Heb. xiii. 5.

NEVER leave us or forsake us,
Thou on whom our souls rely,
Till thou shall for ever take us,
To behold thy glory nigh;
Which in prospect,

Fills thy people's heart with joy.

They are blest and none beside them, They who hope, O Lord, in Thee; They are blest though all deride them, They whom grace and truth make free, Joys await them,

Where thou art, they hope to be.

Joys await them without measure,
Theirs conferred by Royal grant;

Rivers there of endless pleasure, (Lord for which thy people pant), Shall supply them,

And they soon shall feel no want.

"Tis the hope of this that charms them,
From the love of all below,
Hope of this with boldness arms them,
To oppose the mighty foe.
Hope of glory,

Sweetens toil and lightens woe.

CCXXI.

"I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him."

Ps, xci. 15,

JESUS, Saviour, be Thou near us,
While we live and when we die,
From thy throne of mercy hear us,
When from day to day we cry,
Let our conflicts

End in everlasting joy.

Many trials here await us,
"Tis thy people's lot we know,