Anon. c. 1740.

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"Let us return." Hos. vi. 1-3.

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"A closer Walk." Gen. v. 24. I I John ii. 6.

2 Return, O holy Dove, return,

Sweet messenger of rest:

I hate the sins that made Thee mourn, And drove Thee from my breast. 3 The dearest idol I have known,

Whate'er that idol be;

Help me to tear it from Thy throne,
And worship only Thee.

4 So shall my walk be close with God,
Calm and serene my frame;

So purer light shall mark the road

That leads me to the Lamb.

Willlam Cowper (1731-1800), 1774. Ab.

The dawn shall bring us light:
God shall appear, and we shall rise
With gladness in His sight.

2 Our hearts, if God we seek to know,
Shall know Him and rejoice;
His coming like the morn shall be,
Like morning songs His voice.

3 As dew upon the tender herb,
Diffusing fragrance round;
As showers that usher in the spring,
And cheer the thirsty ground;

4 So shall His presence bless our souls,
And shed a joyful light;

That hallowed morn shall chase away The sorrows of the night.

Rev. John Morrison (1749-1798), 1781. Ab.

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Rev. JOHN BACCHUS DYKES (1823-1876), 1868.

DOMINUS REGIT ME. 8. 7.

nev

ASWARBY. S. M.

SAMUEL WESLEY (1766-1837) 1798.

God's Care a Remedy for ours.
1 Pet. v. 7.

2 While Providence supports,

Let saints securely dwell;
That hand, which bears all nature up,
Shall guide His children well.

3 Why should this anxious load

Press down your weary mind?
Haste to your heavenly Father's throne,
And sweet refreshment find.

4 His goodness stands approved
Down to the present day;
I'll drop my burden at His feet,
And bear a song away.

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Rev. Philip Doddridge (1702-1751), 1755.

"All in all." Ps. lxxiii. 25.

1 My God, my Life, my Love,
To Thee, to Thee I call;
I cannot live if Thou remove,
For Thou art All in all.
2 Not all the harps above

Can make a heavenly place,
If God His residence remove,
Or but conceal His face.
3 Nor earth, nor all the sky,

Can one delight afford;
No, not a drop of real joy,
Without Thy presence, Lord.

Rev. Isaac Watts (1674-1748), 1709. Ab.

FRANKLIN SQUARE. S. M.

Hope, and be undismayed:

God hears thy sighs, and counts thy tears; God shall lift up thy head.

2 Through waves and clouds and storms, He gently clears thy way:

Wait thou His time, so shall this night Soon end in joyous day.

3 Far, far above thy thought

His counsel shall appear,

When fully He the work hath wrought That caused thy needless fear.

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Rev. Paul Gerhardt (1606-1676), 1659. Tr. by Rev. John Wesley (1703-1791), 1739. Ab.

"Blessed are the pure in heart." 1 BLEST are the pure in heart,

For they shall see their God:
The secret of the Lord is theirs;
Their soul is Christ's abode.

2 The Lord, who left the sky

Our life and peace to bring,
And dwelt in lowliness with men,
Their pattern and their King,—

3 Still to the lowly soul

He doth Himself impart;
And for His dwelling and His throne
Chooseth the pure in heart.

4 Lord, we Thy presence seek;

May ours this blessing be;
Give us a pure and lowly heart,
A temple meet for Thee!

Rev. John Keble (1792-1866),
William John Hall (

1836.

SYLVANUS BILLINGS POND (1792-1871), before 1850.

ST. BEES. 7.

Rev. JOHN BACCHUS DYKES (1823--1876), 1874.

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2 "I delivered thee, when bound,
And, when wounded, healed thy wound;
Sought thee wandering, set thee right,
Turned thy darkness into light.
3 "Mine is an unchanging love,
Higher than the heights above,
Deeper than the depths beneath,
Free and faithful, strong as death.
4 "Thou shalt see My glory soon,
When the work of grace is done;
Partner of My throne shalt be;
Say, poor sinner, lovest thou Me?"
5 Lord, it is my chief complaint,
That my love is weak and faint;
Yet I love Thee, and adore;
O for grace to love Thee more!

3 Thus may I rejoice to show
That I feel the love I owe:
Singing, till Thy face I see,
Of His love who first loved me.

Miss Jane Elizabeth Leeson (

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The Heavenly Shepherd. Ps. xxiii.

), 1842. Ab.

1 To Thy pastures fair and large,
Heavenly Shepherd, lead Thy charge,
And my couch, with tenderest care,
Mid the springing grass prepare.

2 When I faint with summer's heat
Thou shalt guide my weary feet
To the streams that, still and slow,
Through the verdant meadows flow.
3 Constant to my latest end,

Thou my footsteps shalt attend;
And shalt bid Thy hallowed dome
Yield me an eternal home.

Rev. James Merrick (1720-1769), 1765. Ab. and alt
"Cast thy burden upon the Lord."
Ps. lv. 22.

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1 CAST thy burden on the Lord,
Only lean upon His word;

Thou shalt soon have cause to bless
His eternal faithfulness.

2 Ever in the raging storm

Thou shalt see His cheering form,
Hear His pledge of coming aid:
"It is I, be not afraid."

3 He will gird thee by His power,
In thy weary, fainting hour;
Lean, then, loving, on His word;
Cast thy burden on the Lord.

Rev. Rowland Hill (1744-1833), 1783. V. 1. George Rawson (1807-1885), 1857. Ab. and much alt.