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6' Lord, why is this?' I trembling cried ;
'Wilt thou pursue thy worm to death?'
"'Tis in this way,' the Lord replied,

'I answer prayer for grace and faith.
7 'These inward trials I employ

From self and pride to set thee free, And break thy schemes of earthly joy, That thou may'st seek thy all in me.'

mp 1 0 COME and mourn with me awhile!
The Saviour calls us to his side
O come, together let us mourn:

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Jesus, our Lord, is crucified!

mp 2 Have we no tears to shed for him,

While soldiers scoff, and Jews deride? Ρ Ah! look how patiently he hangs : Jesus, our Lord, is crucified!

mp 3 Seven times he spoke, seven words of love; And all three hours his silence cried For mercy on the souls of men :

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Jesus, our Lord, is crucified!

m 4 O break, O break, hard heart of mine!
Thy weak self-love and guilty pride
His Pilate and his Judas were:
Jesus, our Lord, is crucified!

mp 5 A broken heart, a fount of tears,
Ask, and they will not be denied ;
A broken heart love's dwelling is:
Jesus, our Lord, is crucified!

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m 60 love of God! O sin of man!

In this dread act your strength is tried, mf And victory remains with love : Jesus, our Lord, is crucified!

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mf 1 Go, labour on; spend and be spent,

Thy joy to do the Father's will;

It is the way the Master went ;
Should not the servant tread it still?

2 Go, labour on; 'tis not for nought;
Thy earthly loss is heavenly gain ;
Men heed thee, love thee, praise thee not;
The Master praises;—what are men?

mp 3 Go, labour on; your hands are weak,
Your knees are faint, your soul cast down;
mf Yet falter not; the prize you seek
Is near,-a kingdom and a crown.

m 4 Go, labour on while it is day;

The world's dark night is hastening on ; mf Speed, speed thy work; cast sloth away; It is not thus that souls are won.

p 5 Men die in darkness at your side,

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Without a hope to cheer the tomb; Take up the torch and wave it wide, [gloom. The torch that lights time's thickest

6 Toil on, faint not, keep watch, and pray;
Be wise the erring soul to win;

Go forth into the world's highway,
Compel the wanderer to come in.

mf 7 Toil on, and in thy toil rejoice;

For toil comes rest, for exile home;

f Soon shalt thou hear the Bridegroom's voice, The midnight peal, 'Behold, I come!'

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m 1 GOD hath two families of love,
In earth below, and heaven above;
One is in battle sharp and sore,
mf And one is happy evermore.

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m 2 The holy Church on earth must fight
Against the devil and his might ;

The Church in heaven with war hath done;
And yet the two are only one.

mf 3 For they who loved their Saviour here,
And died in God's true faith and fear,
Have joined the glorious Church on high,
And live and reign beyond the sky.

ƒ4 We thank thee, Saviour, for the grace
By which they reached that blessed place,
By which they dwell in endless day,
And sin and sorrow flee away.

mf 5 In thee, with all thy saints, they rest,
And never more can be distressed;

m O teach us so to live that we

May follow them, as they did thee;

mf 6 To think on all their faith and love,
Until thou callest us above,

To see thee as thou art, and bow
Before thy throne, as they do now.

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m 1 LORD, speak to me, that I may speak
In living echoes of thy tone;
As thou hast sought, so let me seek
Thy erring children lost and lone.

2 O lead me, Lord, that I

may lead The wandering and the wavering feet; O feed me, Lord, that I may feed

Thy hungering ones with manna sweet. mf 3 O strengthen me, that, while I stand Firm on the rock, and strong in thee, I may stretch out a loving hand

To wrestlers with the troubled sea.

m 4 O teach me, Lord, that I may teach

The precious things thou dost impart ;
And wing my words, that they may reach
The hidden depths of many a heart.

mp 5 O give thine own sweet rest to me,
That I may speak with soothing power
A word in season, as from thee,
To weary ones in needful hour.

6 O fill me with thy fulness, Lord,
Until my very heart o'erflow

mf In kindling thought and glowing word,
Thy love to tell, thy praise to show.

m 7 0 use me, Lord, use even me,

Just as thou wilt, and when, and where,

mf Until thy blessed face I see,

Thy rest, thy joy, thy glory share.

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m 1 FROM every stormy wind that blows,
From every swelling tide of woes,
There is a calm, a sure retreat;
"Tis found beneath the mercy-seat.

2 There is a place where Jesus sheds
The oil of gladness on our heads,
A place than all beside more sweet;
It is the blood-stained mercy-seat.

3 There is a spot where spirits blend,
And friend holds fellowship with friend;
Though sundered far, by faith they meet
Around one common mercy-seat.

p 4 Ah! whither could we flee for aid,
When tempted, desolate, dismayed,
Or how the hosts of hell defeat,

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Had suffering saints no mercy-seat?

mf 5 There, there on eagle wing we soar, And time and sense seem all no more,

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And heaven comes down our souls to greet,
And glory crowns the mercy-seat.

mp 60 may my hand forget her skill,
My tongue be silent, cold, and still,
This bounding heart forget to beat,
If I forget the mercy-seat!

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mp 1 ASLEEP in Jesus! blessed sleep,

From which none ever wakes to weep,

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