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3 Ye who, tossed on beds of pain,
Seek for ease, but seek in vain;
Ye whose swollen and sleepless eyes
Watch to see the morning rise;
4 Ye, by fiercer anguish torn,
In remorse for guilt who mourn ;
Here repose your heavy care;
A wounded spirit who can bear?
5 Sinner, come; for here is found
Balm that flows for every wound,
Peace that ever shall endure,
Rest eternal, sacred, sure.

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C. M.

WATTS.

The Invitation of the Gospel.

1 LET every mortal ear attend,
And every heart rejoice;

The trumpet of the gospel sounds
With an inviting voice.

2 Ho! all ye hungry, starving souls,
That feed upon the wind,

And vainly strive with earthly toys
To fill an empty mind,

3 Eternal Wisdom has prepared
A soul-reviving feast,
And bids your longing appetites
The rich provision taste.

4 Ho! ye that pant for living streams,
And pine away, and die,

Here you may quench your raging thirst
With springs that never dry.

5 The happy gates of gospel grace
Stand open night and day:
Lord, we are come to seek supplies,
And drive our wants away.

255

7s M.

COWPER.

"Lovest thou Me"? John xxi. 16.

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1 HARK, my soul; it is the Lord;
'Tis thy Savior; hear his word:
Jesus speaks, and speaks to thee,-
"Say, poor sinner, lov'st thou me?

2 "I delivered thee when bound,

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

3 "Can a woman's tender care
Cease towards the child she bare?
Yes, she may forgetful be,
Yet will I remember thee.

4 "Mine is an unchanging love,
Higher than the heights above,
Deeper than the depths beneath,
Free and faithful, strong as death.

5 "Thou shalt see my glory soon,
When the work of grace is done;
Partner of my throne shalt be;
Say, poor sinner, lov'st thou me?"

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L. M.

WATTS.

Glory and Grace in Christ.

1 NOW to the Lord a noble song; Awake, my soul, awake, my tongue; Hosanna to the eternal name,

And all his boundless love proclaim.

2 See where it shines in Jesus' face, The brightest image of his grace; God in the person of his Son

Has all his mightiest works outdone.

3 The spacious earth and spreading flood
Proclaim the wise and powerful God;
And thy rich glories from afar
Sparkle in every rolling star.

4 But in his looks a glory stands,
The noblest labor of thine hands;
The pleasing lustre of his eyes
Outshines the wonders of the skies.

5 Grace! 'tis a sweet, a charming theme;
My thoughts rejoice at Jesus' name;
Ye angels, dwell upon the sound;
Ye heavens, reflect it to the ground.

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1 GRACE! 'tis a charming sound,

Harmonious to my ear;

DODDRIDGE.

Heaven with the echo shall resound,
And all the earth shall hear.

2 Grace first contrived a way

To save rebellious man ;

And all the steps that grace display,
Which drew the wondrous plan.

3 Grace taught my wandering feet
To tread the heavenly road;
And new supplies each hour I meet,
While pressing on to God.

4 Grace all the work shall crown,
Through everlasting days;

It lays in heaven the topmost stone,
And well deserves the praise.

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L. M.

Salvation by Christ.

DODDRIDGE

1 AND is salvation brought so near,
Where sinful men expiring lie?
Triumph, my soul, the sound to hear,
And shout it joyous to the sky.

2 I ask not, who to heaven shall scale,

That Christ, the Savior, thence may come ; Or who earth's inmost depths assail,

To bring him from the dreary tomb.

3 From heaven, on wings of love, he flew,
And conqueror from the tomb he sprung;
My heart believes the witness true,
And dictates to my faithful tongue.

4 I sing salvation brought so near,
No more on earth expiring lie;
I teach the world my joys to hear,
And shout them to the echoing sky.

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L. M.

WATTS.

Salvation by Christ. Ps. 85.

1 SALVATION is forever nigh

The souls that fear and trust the Lord; And grace, descending from on high, Fresh hopes of glory shall afford.

2 Now truth and honor shall abound,
Religion dwell on earth again,
And heavenly influence bless the ground,
In our Redeemer's gentle reign.

3 His righteousness is gone before,
To give us free access to God;

Our wandering feet shall stray no more,
But mark his steps, and keep the road.

260

H. M.

Doddridge

Blessing God for spiritual Blessings in Christ.

1 LOUD be thy name adored,
Thy titles spread abroad,
Of Christ, our glorious Lord,
The Father and the God:
Through such a Son,
Thy church's Head,
Thine honors spread
O'er worlds unknown.

2 Ten thousand gifts of love

From thee through him descend,
And bear our souls above

To joys that never end:

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