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BOOK II.

CHRIST AND CHRISTIANITY.

SECTION I.

(p 153.)

INCIDENTS IN THE HISTORY AND LIFE OF

CHRIST CELEBRATED.

SECTION II.

(p. 199.)

CHRISTIANITY.

SECTION I.

INCIDENTS IN THE HISTORY AND LIFE OF CHRIST CELEBRATED.

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DODDRIDGE.

The Holy City purified and guarded. Is. lii. 1, 2.

1 TRIUMPHANT Zion, lift thy head
From dust, and darkness, and the dead;
Though humbled long, awake at length,
And gird thee with thy Savior's strength.

2 Put all thy beauteous garments on
And let thy various charms be known;
The world thy glories shall confess,
Decked in the robes of righteousness.

3 God from on high thy groans will hear;
His hand thy ruins shall repair;
Reared and adorned by love divine,
Thy towers and battlements shall shine.

4 Grace shall dispose my heart and voice
To share and echo back her joys;
Nor will her watchful Monarch cease
To guard her in eternal peace.

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SCOTCH PARAPHRASES.

The universal Triumphs of the Messiah's Kingdom. Is. ii. 2—6.

1 BEHOLD, the mountain of the Lord
In latter days shall rise

On mountain tops above the hills,
And draw the wondering eyes.

2 To this the joyful nations round,

All tribes and tongues, shall flow;
Up to the hill of God, they'll say,
And to his house, we'll go.

3 The beam that shines from Zion hill
Shall lighten every land;

The King who reigns in Salem's towers
Shall all the world command.

4 Among the nations he shall judge;
His judgments truth shall guide ;
His sceptre shall protect the just,
And quell the sinner's pride.

5 No strife shall rage, nor hostile feuds
Disturb those peaceful years;

To ploughshares men shall beat their swords,
To pruning-hooks their spears.

6 No longer hosts encountering hosts
Shall crowds of slain deplore;
They hang the trumpet in the hall,
And study war no more.

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SCOTCH PARAPHRASES.

Living Waters. Is. lv.

1 HO! ye that thirst, approach the spring
Where living waters flow;
Free to that sacred fountain, all,

Without a price, may go.

2 How long to streams of false delight Will ye in crowds repair?

How long your strength and substance waste
On trifles light as air?

3 My stores afford those rich supplies
That health and pleasure give;
Incline your ear, and come to me;
The soul that hears shall live.

4 Behold, he comes; your Leader comes,
With might and honor crowned
A Witness who shall spread my name
To earth's remotest bound.

5 See! nations hasten to his call
From every distant shore;

Isles yet unknown shall bow to him,
And Israel's God adore.

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SCOTCH PARAPHRASES.

Christ foretold. Is. xlii. 1-4.

1 BEHOLD my Servant; see him rise
Exalted in my might;

Him have I chosen, and in him
I place supreme delight.

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