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HEATH.

C. M.

L. MASON.

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1 RELIGION is the chief concern
Of mortals here below;
May I its great importance learn,
Its sovereign virtue know.

2 More needful this than glittering wealth,
Or aught the world bestows;
Not reputation, food, or health
Can give us such repose.

3 Religion should our thoughts engage
Amidst our youthful bloom;
"T will fit us for declining age
And for th' approaching tomb.

4 Oh, may my heart, by grace renewed,
Be my Redeemer's throne;
And be my stubborn will subdued,
His government to own.

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The Morning.

4 We wait in faith, we wait in prayer,
Till that blest day shall shine,
When earth shall fruits of Eden bear,
And all, O God, be thine!

5 Oh, guide us till our night is done!
Until, from shore to shore,
Thou, Lord, our everlasting sun,
Art shining evermore!

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1 WHATEVER dims thy sense of truth,
Or stains thy purity,

Though light as breath of summer air,
Count it as sin to thee.

2 Preserve the tablet of thy thoughts
From every blemish free,

While the Redeemer's lowly faith
Its temple makes with thee.

ANON. 3 And pray of God, that grace be given
To tread time's narrow way:-
How dark soever it may be,
It leads to cloudless day.

1 WE wait in faith, in prayer we wait,
Until the happy hour
When God shall ope the morning gate,
By his almighty power.

2 We wait in faith, and turn our face
To where the daylight springs;
Till he shall come earth's gloom to chase,
With healing on his wings.

3 And even now, amid the gray,

The east is brightening fast, And kindling to that perfect day, Which never shall be past.

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Speed us on our forward way,
As a pilgrim, Lord, is sped,
Who with prayers and helps divine
Seeks a consecrated shrine.

2 We are pilgrims, and our goal

Is that distant land whose bourne Is the haven of the soul;

Where the mourners cease to mourn, Where the Saviour's hand will dry Every tear from every eye.

3 Lead us thither! thou dost know All the way; but wanderers we Often miss our path below,

And stretch out our hands to thee;

Guide us,

save us, and prepare

Our appointed mansion there!

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Living Faith

FRITZ & SCOLETT.

1 YE who think the truth ye sow
Lost beneath the winter's snow,
Doubt not time's unerring law
Yet shall bring the genial thaw;
God in nature ye can trust,-
Is the God of mind less just?
2 Workers on the barren soil,
Yours may seem a thankless toil;
Sick at heart with hope deferred,
Listen to the cheering word;
Now the faithful sower grieves;
Soon he'll bind his golden sheaves.
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Consecration.

1 Now, O God, thine own I am!

Now I give thee back thine own: Freedom, friends, and health and fame, Consecrate to thee alone: Thine I live-thrice happy I! Happy still if thine I die."

2 Take me, Lord, and all my powers; Tame my mind, and heart, and will; All my goods and all my hours,

All I know, and all I feel,
All I think, or speak, or do,-
Take my soul and make it new!

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1 Love divine, all love excelling,
Joy of heaven, to earth come down!
Fix in us thy humble dwelling,

All thy faithful mercies crown.
Father! thou art all compassion,
Pure, unbounded love thou art;
Visit us with thy salvation,
Enter every longing heart.

2 Breathe, oh, breathe, thy loving spirit Into every troubled breast;

Let us all in thee inherit,

Let us find thy promised rest.
Come, almighty to deliver,

Let us all thy life receive;

Graciously come down, and never,
Never more thy temples leave!

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By thine all-sufficient merit, Every burdened soul release; Every weary, wandering spirit Guide into thy perfect peace.

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1 Is it true that angels hear us,

When we sing our songs of praise? That bright wings are waving near us, When to heaven our thoughts we raise? Is it true that when we're praying

Radiant forms are bending near? That they know what we are saying, And our every word can hear?

2 Do they come on holy missions From our Father's home above, To return with our petitions,

And our songs of praise and love? Can we doubt since that bright legion Came rejoicing to the earth, Leaving the celestial region

To announce the Saviour's birth?

3 And if men have heard their chorus,
On the earth in days of old,
May they not be bending o'er us,
With their crowns and harps of gold?
Let us listen to their singing,

For it is of heavenly love;

And the very air is ringing
With their praise of God above.

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