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3 Redeem'd from sin, and saved by grace, Thy glory they shall see,

And eye to eye, and face to face,
For ever dwell with Thee.

4 Oh! hasten, Lord! the glorious day;
Call all thy children home;
Teach us, with humble hope, to say,
Lord Jesus! quickly come.

HYMN 203.

(P. M. CALVARY.)

Deliverance to the captives.

1 ON the mountain's top appearing,
Lo! the sacred Herald stands !
Welcome news to Zion bearing,
Zion long in hostile lands:
Mourning captive!

God Himself shall loose thy bands. 2 Lo! thy sun is risen in glory;

God Himself appears thy Friend; All thy foes shall flee before Thee; Here their boasts and triumphs end: Great deliverance

Zion's King vouchsafes to send.

3 Enemies no more shall trouble;
All thy warfare now is past;

For thy shame thou shalt have double,
Days of peace are come at last :

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All thy conflicts

End in everlasting rest.

Zech. ix. 12.

HYMN 204.
(s. M. CRANBROOK.)

Let the children of Zion rejoice in their King.

1 COME, ye that love the Lord, And let your joys be known; Join in a song with sweet accord, And thus surround the throne. 2 The sorrows of the mind

Be banish'd from the place;
Religion never was design'd
To make our pleasures less.
3 Let those refuse to sing,

Who never knew our God;
But children of the heavenly King
Should spread their joys abroad.
4 For they, through grace, have found
Glory begun below;

Celestial fruits on earthly ground
From faith and hope may grow.

5 Then let our songs abound,

And every tear be dry;

We're hastening through Emmanuel's land
To fairer worlds on high.
HYMN 205.

(P. M. HANLEY.)

For the influences of the Holy Spirit.

1 ETERNAL Spirit! by whose aid
The world's foundations first were laid,
Come, visit every waiting mind,
Come, pour thy joys on all mankind:
From sin and sorrow set us free;
And make us temples worthy Thee.

2 Thou Strength of his Almighty hand,
Whose power does heaven & earth command!
Thrice Holy Fount! Thrice Holy Fire!
Our hearts with heavenly love inspire;
Come and thy sacred unction bring,
To sanctify us while we sing.

3 Plenteous of grace, descend from high,
Rich in thy seven-fold energy;
Give us thyself, that we may see
The Father and the Son by Thee;
Make us eternal truths receive;
And practice all that we believe.
4 Immortal honour, endless fame,
Attend the Almighty Father's name;
Let God the Son be glorified,
Who for lost man's redemption died;
And equal adoration be,
Eternal Spirit! paid to Thee.
HYMN 206.

(L. M. RANDALL.)

The Christian exhorted to watchfulness.

1 O ISRAEL! to thy tents repair :
Why thus secure on hostile ground?
Thy Lord commands Thee to beware;
For many foes thy camp surround.
2 The trumpet gives a martial strain ;
O Israel! gird thee for the fight:
Arise, the combat to maintain;
Arise, and put thy foes to flight.
3 Oh! sleep not thou as others do;
Awake, be vigilant, be brave;
The coward, and the sluggard too
Must wear the fetters of the slave.

4 A nobler lot is cast for thee;

A crown awaits thee in the skies;
With such a hope shall Israel flee,
And yield, through weariness, the prize?
5 No: let a careless world repose,

And slumber on through life's short day,
While Israel to the conflict goes,
And bears the glorious prize away.
HYMN 207.

(C. M. MANCHESTER.)

Confession of unprofitableness under means of grace. 1 THOUGH Oft we hear the joyful sound Of thy salvation, Lord!

How weak in faith we still are found!
How slow to learn thy word!

2 Though we frequent thy holy place,
We seem to come in vain;
So small a portion of thy grace
Our sinful hearts retain.

3 How cold and feeble is our love!
How servile is our fear!

How low our hope of joys above!
Our vows how insincere!

4 O Lord! with faith our souls inspire;
Make all things new within;

And with a flame of holy fire,
Consume the dross of sin.

HYMN 208.

(C. M. ST. ANN'S.)

The barren fig-tree.

1 SEE in the vineyard of the Lord A barren fig-tree stand!

It yields no fruit, no blossom bears,
Though planted by his hand.
2 From year to year He seeks for fruit,
And still no fruit is found:
It stands, among the living trees,
A cumberer of the ground.

3 But lo! the gracious Saviour pleads,
"The barren fig-tree spare;
"In mercy stay the threatening hand,
"And grant another year.

4 "Perhaps some means of grace, untried, "May reach the stony heart;

"Or the soft dews of heavenly love
"May heavenly life impart.

5"But, if all means should prove in vain,
"And still no fruit appear,
"Then mercy may no longer plead,
"Nor ask another year."

HYMN 209.

(P. M. ARNE.)

The Christian desiring to depart and be with Christ. 1 To Jesus, the Crown of our hope, Our souls are in haste to be gone; Oh! bear us, ye Cherubim, up, And waft us away to his throne. 2 Our Saviour! whom, absent, we love, Whom, having not seen, we adore, Whose name is exalted above All glory, dominion and power!

3 Dissolve Thou the bond that detains Our souls from their portion in Thee;

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