4 Now I esteem their mirth and wine

Too dear to purchase with my blood; Lord, 't is enough that Thou art mine, My life, my portion and my God.

GRACE AND REDEMPTION.

ITS SOURCE - GOD'S LOVE.

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AMAZING grace! how sweet the sound

That saved a soul like me!

I once was lost, but now am found,
Was blind, but now I see.

2 'Twas grace that taught my heart to fear, 'Twas grace my fears relieved;

How precious did that grace appear,
The hour I first believed!

3 Full many a danger, toil, and snare
My soul has overcome;

'Tis grace that brought me safe thus far, And grace will lead me home.

4 And when this flesh and heart shall fail,
And mortal life shall cease,

I shall possess within the veil
A life of joy and peace.

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YRACE! 't is a charming sound,

Gr Harmonious to the ear;

Heaven with the echo shall resound,
And all the earth shall hear.

S. M.

2 Grace first contrived the way To save rebellious man;

And all the steps that grace display
Which drew the wondrous plan.
3 Grace led my roving feet

To tread the heavenly road;
And new supplies each hour I meet,
While pressing on to God.

4 Grace taught my soul to pray,
And made my eyes o'erflow:
'Twas grace which kept me to this day,
And will not let me go.

5 Grace all the work shall crown,
Through everlasting days;

It lays in heaven the topmost stone,
And well deserves the praise.

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AISE your triumphant songs
To an immortal tune;

Let the wide earth resound the deeds

Celestial grace has done.

2 Sing how eternal love

Its chief Beloved chose,

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And bade Him raise our wretched race
From their abyss of woes.

3 His hand no thunder bears,

No terror clothes His brow;
No bolts to drive our guilty souls
To fiercer flames below.

4 'Twas mercy fill'd the throne,
No wrath stood frowning by,

When Christ was sent with pardon down
To rebels doom'd to die.

5 Now, sinners, dry your tears;
Let hopeless sorrow cease;
Bow to the sceptre of His love
And take the offer'd peace.

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VERY fallen soul, by sinning,
Merits everlasting pain;

But Thy love, without beginning,
Has redeem'd the world again:
Countless millions

Shall in life, through Jesus reign.

2 Pause, my soul, adore and wonder:
Ask, "Oh, why such love to me?"
Grace hath put me in the number
Of the Saviour's family:

Hallelujah!

Thanks, eternal thanks to Thee!

3 Since that love had no beginning,
And shall never, never cease;

Keep, oh, keep me, Lord, from sinning;
Guide me in the way of peace:

Make me walk in
All the paths of holiness.

4 When I quit this feeble mansion,
And my soul returns to Thee,
Let the power of Thy ascension
Manifest itself in me;

Through Thy Spirit
Give the final victory.

5 When the angel sounds the trumpet;
When my soul and body join;

When my Saviour comes to judgment,
Bright in majesty divine,

Let me triumph

In Thy righteousness as mine.

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IN songs of sublime adoration and praise,
Ye pilgrims for Zion who press,

Break forth and extol the great Ancient of Days,
His rich and unmerited grace.

2 His love, from eternity, burn'd for our race, Broke forth and discover'd its flame;

And now with the cords of His kindness He draws,

And brings us to love His great name.

3 Oh, had He not pitied the state we were in, Our bosoms His love had ne'er felt:

We all would have lived, would have died too in sin,

And sunk with the load of our guilt.

4 What was there in man that could merit esteem, Or give the Creator delight?

'T was

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even so, Father," we ever must sing, Becaus it seem'd good in Thy sight.

5 Urged on by His grace, did the Saviour appear, The bearer of help from above:

Now all who are thirsting may freely draw near
And drink in the streams of His love.

6 Then give all the glory to His holy name, To Him all the glory belongs;

Be ours the high joys still to sound forth His fame And crown Him in each of our songs.

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LOVE! beyond conception great,

L.M.

That form'd the vast, stupendous plan! Where all divine perfections meet To reconcile rebellious man?

2 There wisdom shines in fullest blaze, And justice all her rights maintains: Astonish'd angels stoop to gaze,

While mercy o'er the guilty reigns.

3 Yes, mercy reigns, and justice too
In Christ harmoniously they meet:
He paid to justice all her due,

And now He fills the mercy-seat.

4 Such are the wonders of our God,
And such th' amazing depths of grace,
To save from wrath's vindictive rod
The sons of Adam's fallen race.

5 With grateful songs then let our souls
Surround our gracious Father's throne;
And all between the distant poles
His truth and mercy ever own.

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I

WAS a wand'ring sheep,

I did not love the fold,

I did not love my Shepherd's voice,
I would not be controll'd:

S. M.