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Still let princely powers like thine,
Heaven derived, to heaven ascend!
Thus shall stars on earth that shine,
With celestial glories blend.

With celestial glories there,

Still shall shine each living ray;

See that pathway bright and fair!
'Tis the Christian's milky-way!

"The works of the Lord are great, sought out of all them that have pleasure therein."-PSALM CXi. 2.

24.

"Remember that thou magnify his work, which men behold."-JOB Xxxvi.

THE GOSPEL MENTOR.

How fine thy thoughts! how pure thy mind!
How large thy love of human kind!

What tokens hast thou left to tell

Thy love of God's own Israel!

How deep thy views of Satan's power!
How high thy joys in holier hour!
What tenderness and truth appear
When from thine eye-lid, falls the tear.
How many a soul shall bless the day
That bade thee clear his doubts away;
And teach him, as a child restored,
To praise and magnify the Lord.
How, when the debt of sin is paid,
And all its weight on Christ is laid,

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