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1 mf HARK, my soul! it is the Lord; 'Tis thy Saviour, hear His word; Jesus speaks, and speaks to thee,"Say, poor sinner, lov'st thou Me? 2mf" I delivered thee when bound,

And, when bleeding, healed thy wound; cres Sought thee wandering, set thee right; Turned thy darkness into light.

3mf"Can a woman's tender care

Cease towards the child she bare? Yes, she may forgetful be, cres Yet will I remember thee.

AMOR CHRISTI.

4mf"Mine is an unchanging love,

Higher than the heights above, Deeper than the depths beneath, cres Free and faithful, strong as death. 5f "Thou shalt see My glory soon,

p When the work of grace is done; cres Partner of My throne shalt be: pp Say, poor sinner, (cres) lov'st thou Me?" 6 mf Lord, it is my chief complaint

That my love is weak and faint; cres Yet I love Thee, (dim) and adore; f Oh, for grace to love Thee more!

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ImfIT passeth knowledge, that dear love of 3 mf But though I cannot sing or tell or Thine,

My Saviour, Jesus! yet this soul of mine

know

The fulness of Thy love, while here below,

Would of Thy love, in all its breadth and cres My empty vessel I may freely bring;

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dim A love which can remove all guilty fear f And love beget.

O Thou who art of love the living spring, f My vessel fill.

Oh, fill me, Jesus, Saviour, with Thy love! Lead, lead me to the living fount above! Thither may I, in simple faith, draw nigh, And never to another fountain fly,

f But unto Thee. Amen.

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I mf JESUS, Thy boundless love to me
No thought can reach, no tongue de-
clare;

Oh, knit my thankful heart to Thee,
And reign without a rival there!

cres Thine, wholly Thine, alone I'd live ;
f Myself to Thee entirely give.

2 mf Oh, grant that nothing in my soul

May dwell, but Thy pure love alone! cres Oh, may Thy love possess me whole, My joy, my treasure, and my crown! All coldness from my heart remove, f May every act, word, thought, be love!

EISENACH.

3 mf O Love, how cheering is Thy ray! All pain before Thy presence flies; p Care, anguish, sorrow, melt away cres Where'er Thy healing beams arise; f O Jesus, nothing may I see,

Nothing desire, or seek, but Thee! 4 mf In suffering, be Thy love my peace,

In weakness, be Thine arm my strength; And when the storms of life shall cease, cres And Thou from heaven shalt come at length,

Lord Jesus, then this heart shall be f For ever satisfied with Thee. Amen.

L.M.
Mach's mit mir, Gott, nach deiner Güt'.

J. H. SCHEIN.

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63 "In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent His only begotten

Son into the world, that we might live through Him."

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It fills the heart with ecstasy

That God, the Son of God, should take
Our mortal form for mortals' sake.

2 mf He sent no angel to our race,
Of higher or of lower place,
But wore the robe of human frame
Himself, and to this lost world came.
3 mf For us baptized, for us He bore

His holy fast, and hungered sore; For us temptations sharp He knew; cres For us the tempter overthrew.

4 mf For us He prayed, for us He taught, For us His daily works He wrought,

FALFIELD, or FORMOSA.

By words and signs and actions thus Still seeking not Himself, but us. 5p For us to wicked men betrayed, Scourged, mocked, in crown of thorns arrayed,

He bore the shameful Cross and death; pp For us at length gave up His breath. 6cres For us He rose from death again; f For us He went on high to reign; For us He sent His Spirit here To guide, to strengthen, and to cheer. 7 f To Him whose boundless love has won Salvation for us through His Son,

8,7,8,7. D.

To God the Father glory be,

Both now and through eternity. Amen.

ARTHUR SULLIVAN, Mus. Doc.

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I mf LOVE divine, all loves excelling,
Joy of heaven, to earth come down,
Fix in us Thy humble dwelling,
All Thy faithful mercies crown.
Jesus, Thou art all compassion,

Pure unbounded love Thou art;
cres Visit us with Thy salvation,
dim Enter every trembling heart.
2 mf Come, almighty to deliver,

Let us all Thy life receive;
Suddenly return, and never,
Never more Thy temples leave.

cres Thee we would be always blessing, Serve Thee as Thy hosts above,

f Pray, and praise Thee, without ceasing, Glory in Thy perfect love.

3 f Finish then Thy new creation : Pure and spotless let us be; Let us see Thy great salvation Perfectly restored in Thee; cres Changed from glory into glory,

Till in heaven we take our place, Till we cast our crowns before Thee, ff Lost in wonder, love, and praise!

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ImfO LOVE divine, how sweet Thou art!
When shall I find my willing heart
All taken up by Thee?

cres I thirst, I faint, I die to prove
The greatness of redeeming love,

The love of Christ to me.

3 mf God only knows the love of God:
Oh, that it now were shed abroad
In this poor stony heart!

cres For love I sigh, for love I pine;
This only portion, Lord, be mine,
Be mine this better part!

2 mf Stronger His love than death or hell; 4 mf Oh, that I could for ever sit

Its riches are unsearchable;

The first-born sons of light

Desire in vain its depths to see;

They cannot reach the mystery,
The length and breadth and height.

With Mary at the Master's feet! Be this my happy choice! cres My only care, delight, and bliss, My joy, my heaven on earth be this, fTo hear the Bridegroom's voice!

Amen.

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IpO SAVIOUR, where shall guilty man 3 mf To save us by Thy precious blood,

Find rest except in Thee?

Thine was the warfare with his foe, The cross of pain, the cup of woe, cres And Thine the victory.

2 mf How came the everlasting Son,

The Lord of life, to die? [power, Why didst Thou meet the tempter's Why, Jesus, in Thy dying hour,

Endure such agony?

To make us one in Thee,

That ours might be Thy perfect life, Thy thorny crown, Thy cross, Thy strife, f And ours the victory.

4 mf Oh! make us worthy, gracious Lord, Of all Thy love to be;

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To Thy blest will our wills incline,
That unto death we may be Thine,
And ever live in Thee. Amen.

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