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401.

Long Metre. WATTS.

The christian race.

WAKE our souls! away our fears!
Let ev'ry trembling thought be gone;
Awake, and run the heav'nly race,
And put a cheerful courage on.

2 True, 'tis a strait and thorny road,
And mortal spirits tire and faint;
But they forget the mighty God,
Who strength imparts to ev'ry saint:

3 The mighty God, whose matchless pow'r
Is ever new,
and ever young,

And firm endures, while endless years
Their everlasting circles run.

4 Swift as an eagle cuts the air,

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We'll mount aloft to thine abode:
On wings of love our souls shall fly,
Nor tire amidst the heav'nly road.

402.

Common Metre. B. B.

The same subject.

N wings of love the christian flies,
And upward speeds his way;

The empty world neglected lies,
Nor can it tempt his stay.

2 Though rav'nous beasts of prey surround, Yet onward still he goes;

And resolute maintains his ground,
When multitudes oppose.

3 Amidst ten thousand lurking snares,
He treads the heav'nly road;

Drops, as he goes, his pains and cares,
And makes his way to God.

4 From realms of bliss he shall review
The labours of the way;
No sad event his grief rehew,
Nor shall his joys decay.

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403.

Common Metre. DODDRIDGE.

The same subject.

WAKE my soul! stretch ev'ry nerve,
And press with vigour on:

A heav'nly race demands thy zeal,
And an immortal crown.

2 A cloud of witnesses around
Hold thee in full survey:
Forget the steps already trod,
And onward urge thy way.

3 'Tis God's all-animating voice
That calls thee from on high;

'Tis his own hand presents the prize To thine aspiring eye:

4 That prize, with peerless glories bright, Which shall new lustre boast,

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When victors' wreaths and monarchs' gems Shall blend in common dust.

404.

Proper Metre. WESLEY.

The cross and crown.

BEYOND the bounds of thear any place,

Look forward to that heav'nly place,
The saint's secure abode:

On faith's strong eagle-pinions rise,
And force your passage to the skies,
And scale the mount of God.

2 Though suff'ring with our master here,
We shall before his face appear,
And by his side sit down:
To patient faith the prize is sure,
And all that to the end endure
The cross, shall wear the crown.

PART XIII.

Afflictions and Changes of Life.

405.

Common Metre. WALKER'S COLLECTION. Praise to GOD through all the changes of life. 1 ATHER of mercies! GOD of love!

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My Father, and my GOD!

I'll sing the honours of thy name,
And spread thy praise abroad.

2 My soul, in pleasing wonder lost,
Thy various love surveys;
Where shall my grateful lips begin,
Or where conclude thy praise?

3 In ev'ry period of my life,

Thy thoughts of love appear:
Thy mercies gild the transient scene,
And crown each passing year.

4 In all these mercies may my soul
A father's bounty see;

Nor let the gifts thy grace bestows
Estrange my heart from thee.

5 Teach me, in times of deep distress,
To own thy hand, O GOD!

And in submissive silence, hear
The lessons of thy rod.

6 Thro' ev'ry changing state of life,
Each bright, each clouded scene;
Give me a meek and humble mind,
Still equal and serene.

7 Then may I close my eyes in death,
Free from all anxious fear;
For death itself is life, my GOD!
If thou art with me there.

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Proper Metre. MRS. BARBAULd. Praise to GOD in prosperity and adversity. 1 RAISE to GOD, immortal praise, For the love that crowns our days; Bounteous Source of ev'ry joy!

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Let thy praise our tongues employ:
2 For the blessings of the field;
For the stores the gardens yield;
For the vine's exalted juice;
For the gen'rous olive's use.
3 Flocks that whiten all the plain;
Yellow sheaves of ripen'd grain;
Clouds that drop their fatt'ning dews;
Suns that temp'rate warmth diffuse:
4 All that Spring, with bounteous hand,
Scatters o'er the smiling land;

All that lib'ral Autumn pours
From her rich o'erflowing stores:

5 These to thee, our GOD! we owe,
Source whence all our blessings flow!