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HYMN 190.

JOB XIV. 11-14.

HE mighty flood that rolls
Its torrents to the main,
Can ne'er recall its waters lost

From that abyss again:

2 So days, and years, and time,
Descending down to night,
Can thenceforth never more return
Back to the sphere of light:

3 And man when in the grave,

Can never quit its gloom,

Until th' eternal morn shall wake
The slumber of the tomb.

⚫ 4 O may I find, in death,

A hiding-place with God,
Secure from wo and sin; till call'd
To share his bless'd abode !

5 Cheer'd by this hope, I wait,
Through toil, and care, and grief,
Till my appointed course is run,
And death shall bring relief.

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HYMN 191.

ITAL spark of heav'nly flame! Quit, O quit this mortal frame! Trembling, hoping, ling'ring, flying, Oh! the pain, the bliss of dying! Cease, fond nature, cease thy strife, And let me languish into life.

2 Hark! they whisper! angels say, Sister spirit, come away

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What is this absorbs me quite;
Steals my senses, shuts my sight,
Drowns my spirit, draws my breath?
Tell me, my soul, can this be death?
3 The world recedes, it disappears!
Heav'n opens on my eyes! my ears
With sounds seraphic ring!

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Lend, lend your wings! I mount! I fly!
O grave, where is thy victory!
O death, where is thy sting!

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HEN, rising from the bed of death,
O'erwhelm'd with guilt and fear,
I see my Maker, face to face; L
Oh! how shall I appear!

2 If yet, while pardon may be found,
And mercy may be sought,

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My heart with inward horror shinks,
And trembles at the thought

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3 When thou, O Lord, shalt stand disclos'd
In majesty severe,

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And sit in judgment on my soul,

Oh! how shall I appear!

4 But thou hast told the troubled mind,
Who does her sins lament,

Shall endless wo prevent.

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That faith in Christ's atoning blood

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5 Then never shall my soul despair
Her pardon to procure,

Who knows thine only Son has died
To make that pardon sure.

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HYMN 193.

AND will the Judge descend?

And must the dead arise?
And not a single soul escape
His all-discerning eyes ?

2 And from his righteous lips

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Shall this dread sentence sound;

(s. M.)

And through the num'rous guilty throng,
Spread black despair around?

3" Depart from me accurs'd,
"To everlasting flame,

"For rebel angels first prepar'd,
"Where mercy never came."

4 How will my heart endure

The terrors of that day:

When earth and heav'n before his face,
Astonish'd shrink away?

5 But. ere the trumpet shakes

The mansions of the dead,

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Hark, from the gospel's cheering sound,
What joyful tidings spread!

6 Ye sinners, seek his grace,

Whose wrath ye cannot bear; L
Fly to the shelter of his cross,

And find salvation there.

7 So shall that curse remove,

By which the Saviour bled;
And the last awful day shall pour
His blessings on your head.

HYMN 194.

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The end of things created!

The Judge of man I see appear,

On clowns of glory seated :

The trumpet sounds; the graves restore
Then which they contain'd before;
Prepare my soul, to meet him.

2 The dea in Christ shall first arise

A the lastrumpet's sounding, Caught up to meet him in the skies,

ith joy their Lord surrounding: No gloomy fears their souls dismay, His presence sheds eternal day

On those prepar'd to meet him.
3 But sinners, fill'd with guilty fears,
Behold his wrath prevailing;

For they shall rise, and find their tears
And sighs are unavailing:
The day of grace is past and gone;
Trembling they stand before the throne,
All unprepar❜d to meet him.

4 Great God, what do I see and hear!
The end of things created!
The Judge of man I see appear,
On clouds of glory seated:
Beneath his cross I view the day

When heav'n and earth shall pass away,
And thus prepare to meet him.

HYMN 195.

ST. LUKE xiii. 24-27.

EEK, my soul, the narrow gate,
Enter ere it be too late;

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Many ask to enter there,

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When too late to offer pray'r.

! Then though sinners cry without,
He will say, "I know you not."
3 Mournfully will they exclaim;

(111. 1.)

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"Lord! we have profess'd thy name; L-
"We have eat with thee, and heard
"Heav'nly teaching in thy word."

4 Vain, alas! will be their plea,

Workers of iniquity;

Sad their everlasting lot;

Christ will say, " I know you not."

XIII. ETERNITY.

HYMN 196.

H! where shall rest be found!

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Rest for the weary soul:

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2 The world can never give

The bliss for which we sigh: L

"Tis not the whole of life to live,
Nor all of death to die.

3 Beyond this vale of tears
There is a life above,

Unmeasur'd by the flight of years;
And all that life is love.

4 There is a death, whose pang
Outlasts the fleeting breath:
Oh! what eternal horrors hang
Around the second death!

5 Lord God of truth and grace,

Teach us that death to shun,
Lest we be driven from thy face,
For evermore undone.

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HYMN 197.E(C. M.) 2 CORINTHIANS iv. 18. Fel S

OW long shall earth's alluring toys L
Detain our hearts and eyes,

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And strangers to the skies!

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2 These transient scenes will soon decay
They fade upon the sight;

And quickly will their brightest day
Be lost in endless night.

3 Their brightest day, alas, how vain!
With conscious sighs we own;
While clouds of sorrow, care, and pain,
O'ershade the smiling noon.

4 O could our thoughts and wishes fly
Above these gloomy shades,

To those bright worlds beyond the sky,
Which sorrow ne'er invades !

5 There joys unseen by mortal eyes,
Or reason's feeble ray,

In ever blooming prospects rise,
Unconscious of decay.

6 Lord, send a beam of light divine,
To guide our upward aim!
With one reviving touch of thine
Our languid hearts inflame.

7 Then shall, on faith's sublimest wing,
Our ardent wishes rise,

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To those bright scenes where pleasures spring
Immortal in the skies.

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HOME, Lord, and warm each languid heart,
Inspire each lifeless tongue;
And let the joys of heav'n impart
Their influence to our song.

2 Sorrow, and pain, and ev'ry care,
And discord there shall cease;
And perfect joy, and love sincere,
Adorn the realms of peace.

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