Then loud through all the crowd I'll sing, While heav'n's resounding mansions ring, With shouts of boundless grace.

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ID Christ o'er sinner's weep,
And shall our cheeks be dry?
Let floods of penitential grief
Burst forth from every eye.

2 The Son of God in tears
Angels with wonder see!
Be thou astonish'd, O my soul!
He shed those tears for thee.

3 He wept that we might weep,
Each sin demands a tear;
In heaven alone no sin is found,
And there's no weeping there.

LORY to God that I have found

GLORY to that

The pearl of my salvation,

We're marching thro' Immanuel's ground,
Up to our heavenly station;
And I'm resolved to follow on,

And never to forsake him,
I'll always keep this narrow way,
Until I overtake him.

2 Fear not, says Christ, ye little flock,
Heirs of immortal glory;

You're built upon the surest rock,
The kingdom lies before you ;

Fight on, fight on, ye heirs of grace,
And tell the pleasing story,
I'm always with my little flock,
I'll bring them home to glory.

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P. M.

ARK and thorny is the desert,
Through which pilgrims make their

way,

Yet beyond this vale of sorrow,

Lie the fields of endless day:
Fiends loud howling through the desert
Make them tremble as they go,
And the fiery darts of satan

Often bring their courage low.

2 O young soldier, are you weary
Of the roughness of the way?
Does your strength begin to fail you
And your vigor to decay?
Jesus, Jesus, will go with you:

He will lead you to his throne;
He who dy'd his garments for you,
And the wine press trod alone.

?

3 O their crowns, how bright they sparkle,
Such as monarchs never wore:
They have gone to richer pastures,
Jesus is their shepherd there.

Hail! ye happy, happy spirits,

Death no more shall make you fear;

Grief nor sorrow, pain or anguish,

Shall no more distress you there.

HE pure testimony pour'd forth in the Spirit,
Cuts like a keen two-edged sword
;
And hypocrites now are most sorely tormented,
Because they're condemned by the word.
The pure testimony discovers the dross,

While wicked professors make light of the cross;
And Babylon trembles for fear of her loss.

2 Is not the time come for the church to be gather'd Into the one Spirit of God ?

Baptiz'd by one Spirit into the one body,

Partaking Christ's flesh and his blood?

They drink in one spirit which makes them all see
They are one in Christ Jesus, wherever they be,
The Jew and the Gentile, the bond and the free.
3 Then blow ye the trumpet in pure testimony,
And let the world hear it again;

O come ye from Babylon, Egypt and Sodom,
And make your way over the plain;

And gird on your armor, ye saints of the Lord,
For Christ shall direct you by his living word
The pure testimony will cut like a sword.

The great prince of darkness is must'ring his forces,
To make you his pris'ners again,

By flat'ries, reproaches, and vile persecution,
That you in his cause may remain :

But shun his temptations, wherever they lay,
And fear not his servants whatever they say;
The pure testimony will give you the day.

5 The world will not persecute those who are like them,

But hold them the same as their own;
The pure testimony cries up separation,
And calls you your lives to lay down.
Come out from their spirit and practices too,
The track of the Savior keep still in your view;
The pure testimony will cut the way through.

The battle is coming between the two kingdoms,
The armies will gather anon;

The pure testimony and vile persecution

Will come to close battle ere long:

Then wash all your robes in the blood of the Lamb, And walk in the spirit as Jesus has done ;

In pure testimony you will overcome.

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OW firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord,
Is laid for your faith in his excellent word!
What more can he say than to you he hath said,
You who unto Jesus for refuge have fled?

2 In every condition, in sickness and health,
In poverty's vale, or abounding in wealth,
At home or abroad, on the land, on the sea,
'As thy days may demand, shall thy strength ever be.

3 Fear not, I am with thee, O be not dismayed; For I am thy God, and will still give thee aid ; I'll strengthen thee, help thee, and cause thee to stand,

Upheld by my righteous omnipotent hand.

4 When through the deep waters I call thee to go,
The rivers of wo shall not thee overflow;
For I will be with thee, thy troubles to bless,
And sanctify to thee thy deepest distress.

5 When through fiery trials thy pathway shall lie,
My grace all sufficient shall be thy supply;
The flame shall not hurt thee; I only design
Thy dross to consume, and thy gold to refine.

6 Even down to old age, all my people shall prove
Impartial, eternal, unchangeable love;

And when hoary hairs shall their temples adorn,
Like lambs they shall still in my bosom be borne.

7 The soul that on Jesus doth lean for repose,
He will not, He will not, desert to his foes;
That soul, tho' all hell should endeavor to shake
He'll never-no never-no never forsake

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HERE two or three, with sweet accord,
Obedient to their blessed Lord,

Meet to recount his acts of grace:

And offer solemn pray'r and praise,

2 There," saith the Savior, "will I be,
Amid this little company;
To them unveil my smiling face,
And shed my glory round the place."
3 We meet at thy command, dear Lord,
Relying on thy faithful word;

Now send thy Spirit from above,

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And fill our hearts with heavenly love.

P. M.

1OME, my brethren, let us try,
For a little season;

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Every burden to lay by,

Come and let us reason.

2 What is this that casts you down,
What is this that grieves you?
Speak and let the worst be known,
Speaking may relieve you.

3 Think on what your Savior bore,
In the gloomy garden;
Sweating blood from every pore,
Crying, O my Father.

4 See him nailed to the tree,

Bleeding, groaning, dying;