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The promis'd land of peace
Faith keeps in constant view;
How diff'rent from the wilderness
We now are passing through!

Here often from our eyes

Clouds hide the light divine;

There we shall have unclouded skies,

Our Sun will always shine!

5 Here griefs, and cares, and pains,
And fears distress us sore:
But there eternal pleasure reigns,
And we shall weep no more!

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Lord, pardon our complaints!
We follow at thy call;

The joy prepar'd for suff'ring saints
Will make amends for all!

217.

The True Aaron. Lev. viii. 7-9.

1 SEE Aaron, God's anointed priest,
Within the vail appear,

In robes of mystic meaning drest,
Presenting Israel's prayer.

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2 The plate of gold, which crowns his brows, His holiness describes;

His breast displays, in shining rows,
The names of all the tribes.

3 With the atoning blood he stands
Before the mercy-seat;

And clouds of incense from his hands
Arise with odour sweet.

4 Urim and Thummin near his heart,
In rich engravings worn,
The sacred light of truth impart,
To teach, and to adorn.

5 Through him the eye of faith descries
A greater Priest than he:
Thus Jesus pleads above the skies
For you, my friends, and me!

6 He bears the name of all his saints
Deep on his heart engrav'd,
Attentive to the state and wants
Of all his love has sav'd.

7 In him a holiness complete,
Light and perfection shine;

And wisdom, grace, and glory ineet;
A Saviour all divine!

8 The blood, which as a Priest he bears
For sinners, is his own;
The incense of his pray'rs and tears
Perfume the holy throne.

9 In him my weary soul has rest,
Though I am weak and vile;
I read my name upon his breast,
And see the Father smile.

218.

As thy days so shall thy strength be.
Deut. xxxiii. 25.

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1 AFFLICTED saint, to Christ draw near, Thy Saviour's gracious promise hear; His faithful word declares to thee, That as thy days thy strength shall be.

2 Let not thy heart despond, and say,
How shall I stand the trying day?
He has engaged, by firm decree,
That as thy days thy strength shall be.
3 Thy faith is weak, thy foe is strong,
And, if the conflict should be long,
Thy Lord will make the tempter flee;
For as thy days thy strength shall be.
4 Should persecution rage and flame,
Still trust in thy Redeemer's name;
In fiery trials thou shalt see

That as thy days thy strength shall be. 5 When called to bear the weighty cross, Or sore affliction, pain, or loss,

Or deep distress, or poverty,

Still as thy days thy strength shall be.
6 When ghastly death appears in view,
Christ's presence shall thy fears subdue;
He comes to set thy spirit free,

And as thy days thy strength shall be.

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219.

And such were some of you.

1. Cor. vi. 11.

E souls redeem'd by Jesu's blood,
Salvation's theme pursue!
Exalt the sov'reign grace of God,
For "such were some of you!"
2 From head to foot defil'd by sin,
Deep in rebellion too;

This awful state mankind are in,
"And such were some of you!"

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3 'Tis all of sov'reign grace that ye
Do not as others do,
Who seek the road to misery,

For "such were some of you!"

4 Death, in the error of his ways, The sinner will pursue,

Till God his roving heart shall seize, "And such were some of you!"

5 Whilst they are sinners dead to God,
Ye highly favoured few,

Are wash'd from sin in Jesu's blood,
But "such were some of you!"

6 As ye are chosen from the rest,
To grace the praise is due;
Be sov'reign love for ever blest,
For "such were some of you!"

220.

1 WITH One consent let all the earth
To God their cheerful voices raise;
Glad homage pay with awful mirth,
And sing before him songs of praise!

2 Convinc'd that he is God alone,
From whom both we and all proceed;
We, whom he chooses for his own,
The flock that he vouchsafes to feed.

3 O enter then his temple gate,

Thence to his courts devoutly press,
And still your grateful hymns repeat,
And still his naine with praises bless.

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4 For he's the Lord, supremely good,
His mercy is for ever sure;

His truth, which always firmly stood,
To endless ages shall endure.

221.

1 To bless thy chosen race,
In mercy, Lord, incline;
And cause the brightness of thy face
On all thy saints to shine.

2 That so thy wondrous way

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May through the world be known;
Whilst distant lands their tribute pay,
And thy salvation own.

3 Let diff'ring nations join
To celebrate thy fame;

Let all the world, O Lord, combine
To praise thy glorious name!

4 O let them shout and sing,
Dissolv'd in pious mirth,

For thou, the righteous judge and king,
Shalt govern all the earth.

5 Let diff'ring nations join

To celebrate thy fame;

Let all the world, O Lord, combine
To praise thy glorious name!

222.

A supplicatory Hymn on the Loss of a faithful

Pastor.

L. M.

1 Good Shepherd, while thy chosen sheep
In heartfelt tribulation weep,
Our sorrow, and its cause are known
To thee, omniscient, on thy throne.