3 And what a burst of splendour Will on the saints arise,

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When Christ their King will call them
To meet Him in the skies!
Their spirits free from sorrow,
Their bodies free from pain,
They will be like their Jesus,
And ever with Him reign.

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The New Birth.

1 UNLESS we're born again, To heaven we cannot go ; By nature we're a mass of sin,

Guilt, wretchedness, and woe.
2 Unless the Holy Ghost
Immortal life impart,

Raise us from self in Christ to trust,
And give us a new heart,-

3 We cannot bliss enjoy;

Wrath must our portion be;

With Jesus none can reign on high,
Unless from sin set free.

Regeneration.

1 JESUS, the Lord of life, has said, Indeed you must be born again,

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Raised from your sins, in which you're dead, Or with me you can never reign. 2 The life, and light, and love of God, From Jesus we must all receive;

Be cleansed from sin in His own blood, Or with Him we can never live. 3 God's kingdom we can never see,

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Unless new creatures we are made;
From sin and guilt we must be free,
Or sink in endless wrath and dread.

'Ye must be Born again.'

1 Now may the truth our minds engage
(No word was penned in vain);
"Tis written on the Sacred Page,
'Ye must be born again.'

2 By nature all are dead in sin,
And under Satan's reign;
But God implants new life within
The sinner born again.

3 Man cannot mourn his evil heart,
Or from his sins abstain,

Until the Lord His grace impart,
And he is born again.

4 'Tis all of God's eternal love,
And great Immanuel's pain,
The Spirit brings a man to prove
He must be born again.

5 O! were the Lord to touch our eyes,
And make our ruin plain,

How should we long to realize

That we are born again!

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6 They who are brought the Lord to know, With Him in heaven shall reign;

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But they will sink to endless woe
Who are not born again.

WARNINGS TO THE YOUNG.

Against Untruthfulness.

1 O 'TIS a lovely thing for youth
To walk betimes in wisdom's way;
To fear a lie, to speak the truth,
That we may trust to all they say!
2 But liars we can never trust,

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Though they should speak the thing that's true;

And he that does one fault at first,

And lies to hide it, makes it two.
3 Have we not known, nor heard, nor read,
How God abhors deceit and wrong?
How Ananias was struck dead,
Caught with a lie upon his tongue?
4 So did his wife Sapphira die,
When she came in, and was so bold
As to confirm that wicked lie

Which just before her husband told.
5 The Lord delights in them that speak
The words of truth; but every liar
Must have his portion in the lake

That burns with brimstone and with fire.

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The Golden Rule.

1 BLESSED Redeemer, how divine,

How righteous is this rule of Thine,

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'Never to deal to others worse

Than we would have them deal with us!' 2 This golden lesson, short and plain, Gives not the mind nor memory pain; And every conscience must approve This universal law of love.

3 'Tis written in each mortal breast,
Where all our tenderest wishes rest;
We draw it from our inmost veins,
Where love to self resides and reigns.
4 Is reason ever at a loss?

Call in self-love to judge the cause:
Let our own fondest passions show
How we should treat our neighbour too.
5 How bless'd would every nation prove,
Thus ruled by equity and love!

All would be friends without a foe,
And form a Paradise below.

1 LET children that would fear the Lord Hear what their teachers say;

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With reverence meet their parents' word, And with delight obey.

2 Have you not heard what dreadful plagues Are threatened by the Lord

To him that breaks his father's law,
Or mocks his mother's word?

3 But they who fear the Lord, and give
Their parents honour due,

Here on this earth they long shall live,

And live hereafter too.

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1 WHATEVER brawls disturb the street,
There should be peace at home;
Where sisters dwell, and brothers meet,
Quarrels should never come.

2 Birds in their little nests agree;
And 'tis a shameful sight
When children of one family
Fall out, and chide, and fight.

3 Hard names at first, and threatening words, That are but noisy breath,

May grow to clubs, and naked swords,
To murder, and to death.
4 The wise will let their anger cool,
At least, before 'tis night;

But in the bosom of a fool
It burns till morning light.

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Against Vanity in Dress.

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1 WHY should our garments, made to hide Our parents' shame, provoke our pride? The art of dress did ne'er begin

Till Eve, our mother, learnt to sin. 2 When first she put the covering on, Her robe of innocence was gone; And yet her children vainly boast In the sad marks of glory lost.