2 Ready the Father is to own,
And kiss his late returning son.
Ready your loving Saviour stands,
And spreads for you his bleeding hands.
3 Ready the Spirit of his love,

Just now the stony to remove:
T' apply and witness with the blood,
And wash, and seal the sons of God.
4 Ready for you the angels wait,
To triumph in your blest estate:
Tuning their harps, they long to praise
The wonders of redeeming grace.

5 The Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,.
Are ready with their shining host:

All heaven is ready to resound,

"The dead's alive! the lost is found!" W.

1 HARK! the gospel news is sounding,

Christ hath suffered on the tree;

Streams of mercy are abounding;

Grace, for all, is rich and free,

Now, poor sinner, look to Him who died for thee!
2 Oh! escape to yonder mountain,
Now begin to watch and pray;
Christ invites you to the fountain,
Come, and wash your sins away,

Do not tarry, Come to Jesus while you may.

3 Grace is flowing, like a river,

Millions there have been supplied;

Still it flows as fresh as ever,

From the Saviour's wounded side;

None need perish, all may live, for Christ hath died.

4 Christ alone shall be our portion;

Soon we hope to meet above, Then we'll bathe in the full ocean Of the great Redeemer's love;

All his fullness, we shall then for ever prove.

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OD, the offended God, most high,
Ambassadors to rebels sends;
His messengers his place supply,

And Jesus begs us to be friends.
2 Us, in the stead of Christ, they pray,
Us, in the stead of God, entreat,
To cast our arms, our sins away,

And find forgiveness at his feet.
3 Our God in Christ, thine embassy,
And proffer'd mercy we embrace;
And gladly reconcil'd to thee,
Thy condescending mercy praise.
4 Poor debtors, by our Lord's request,
A full acquittance we receive!
And criminals with pardon blest,
We at our Judge's instance live.

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LL hail, the power of Jesus' name!
Let angels prostrate fall!

Bring forth the royal diadem,
And crown him Lord of all.

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2 Crown him, ye martyrs of
Who from his altar call;
Extol the stem of Jesse's rod,
And crown him Lord of all.

God,

3 Ye seed of Israel's chosen race,
Ye ransom'd from the fall;
Hail him, who saves you by his grace,
And crown him Lord of all.

4 Ye ransom'd Gentiles ne'er forget,
The wormwood and the gall;

Go, lay your honours at his feet,
And crown him Lord of all.

5 Let every kindred, every tribe,
Throughout this earthly ball,
To him all majesty ascribe,

And crown him Lord of all.
6 May we, amid the sacred throng,
Before him prostrate fall;
Join in the everlasting song,
And crown him Lord of all.

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APPY the man that finds the grace,
The blessings of God's chosen race,

The wisdom coming from above,

The faith that sweetly works by love.

2 Happy beyond description, he

Who knows "the Saviour died for me!"
The gift unspeakable obtains,

And heavenly understanding gains.
3 Wisdom divine! who tells the price
Of wisdom's costly merchandise?
Wisdom to silver we prefer,

And gold is dross compar'd to her.
4 Her hands are fill'd with length of days,
True riches, and immortal praise;
Riches of Christ, on all bestow'd,
And honour that descends from God.

5 To purest joys she all invites,
Chaste, holy, spiritual delights:
Her ways are ways of pleasantness,
And all her flow'ry paths are peace.
6 Happy the man who wisdom gains;
Thrice happy! who his guest retains ;

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That we may all their glories share,
And drink the streams of love.

4 May tears be wip'd from all our eyes,
And we as kings appear;

And shine above the starry skies,
And join the triumphs there.

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ISRAEL, blest beyond compare. How great thy rising glories are: Jehovah deigns to fill thy throne, And calls thy interest all his own. 2 He is thy Saviour, and thy Lord; His shield is thine; and thine his sword: His work surpasses human thought, A full redemption he hath wrought. 3 From Satan's yoke he sets thee free, Opens thy passage through the sea; He, through the desart is thy guide, And heaven for Canaan will provide. 4 Eternal Spirit, teach our tongue, Sublimer strains than Moses sung; Proportion'd to the mighty name, Of God the Saviour, and the Lamb. D.

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EARY souls that wander wide,

From the central point of bliss,

Turn to Jesus crucified,

Fly to those dear wounds of his : [God.

Sink into the purple flood: Rise into the life of

2 Find in Christ the way of peace, Peace unspeakable, unknown: By his pain he gives you ease,.

Life by his expiring groan:

(in all. Rise, exalted by his fall; Find in Christ your all

3 O believe the record true,

God to you

his Son hath given!

Ye may now be happy too;

Find on earth the life of heaven;

Live the life of heaven above, All the life of glorious love.

4 This the universal bliss,

Bliss for every soul design'd;

God's original promise this,

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God's great gift to all mankind: [nity!

Blest in Christ this moment be; Blest to all eter

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How pleasing is the sight!

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It fills my soul with sweet surprize,
With pleasure and delight.

2 If now the sight delights me so,
How will my joys increase,
When I to realms of glory go,
Where all is joy and peace ?

3 Then I shall with my Saviour be,
And rest in pastures green;
eye to

Him

eye, I there shall see,

Without a vail between.

4 I soon shall reach that world of light,
If faithful I remain ;

I then shall walk with Christ in white,
And there for ever reign. w.s. & H.B.