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2 Fear not, I am with thee, oh, be not dismayed,

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I will strengthen thee, help thee, and I cause thee to stand,

Upheld by my righteous, omnipotent

hand.

"When through the deep waters I call

thee to go,

The rivers of sorrow shall not over

flow;

shall prove

My sovereign, eternal, unchangeable

bless,

death, though I stray,

Since thou art my guardian, no evil

design

Thy dross to consume, and thy gold to

spread;

With blessings unmeasured my eup

refine.

runneth o'er ;

boast;

Nor stay in all their course;
Fire, ascending, seeks the sun;
Both speed them to their source:
So a soul that's born of God,

Pants to view his glorious face,
Upward tends to his abode,
To rest in his embrace.

3 Fly me, riches, fly me, cares,

Whilst I that coast explore ;
Flattering world, with all thy snares,
Solicit me no more!
Pilgrims fix not here their home;

Strangers tarry but a night;
When the last dear morn is come,
They'll rise to joyful light.

4 Cease, ye pilgrims, cease to mourn,
Press onward to the prize;
Soon our Saviour will return
Triumphant in the skies:
Yet a season, and you know
Happy entrance will be given,
All our sorrows left below,

And view my Immanuel's face,— . In rapturous songs make him known, Oh, tune your soft harps to his praise: He formed you the spirits you are,

So happy, so noble, so good ; When others sank down in despair, Confirmed by his power, ye stood. 2 Ye saints! who stand nearer than they, And cast your bright crowns at his feet,

His grace and his glory display,

And all his rich mercy repeat;

He snatch'd you from hell and the grave,

He ransomed from death and de

spair :

For you he was mighty to save,

Almighty to bring you safe there.

Y Saviour, whom absent I love, Whom, not having seen, I adore,

Whose name is exalted above

All glory, dominion, and power,—— Dissolve thou those bands that detain

My soul from her portion in thee; Ah! strike off this adamant chain, And make me eternally free!

2 When that happy era begins,

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When arrayed in thy glories I shine, Nor grieve any more, by my sins,

The bosom on which I recline, Oh! then shall the vail be removed, And round me thy brightness be poured!

I shall meet him, whom absent I loved, I shall see, whom unseen I adored. And then, nevermore shall the fears,

The trials, temptations, and woes, Which darken this valley of tears,

Intrude on my blissful repose:
To Jesus, the crown of my hope,

My soul is in haste to be gone ;
Oh! bear me, ye cherubim, up,
And waft me away to his throne !

Cowper.

In the bright gates of crystal the shining ones will stand,

And sing me a welcome to their own

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With glory and light from above; The King in his beauty displayed— His beauty of holiest love.

I languish and sigh to be there,

Where Jesus hath fixed his abode; Oh, when shall we meet in the air, And fly to the mountain of God? With him I on Zion shall stand, For Jesus hath spoken the word; The breadth of Immanuel's land Survey by the light of my Lord. But when, on thy bosom reclined, Thy face I am strengthened to see, My fullness of rapture I findMy heaven of heavens in thee ! How happy the people that dwell Secure in the city above!

No pain the inhabitants feel,

No sickness or sorrow shall prove.

Physician of souls! unto me
Forgiveness and holiness give;
And when from the body set free,
Oh then to that city receive!

8s & 7s. Y days are gliding swiftly by,

MY

And I, a pilgrim stranger,
Would not detain them as they fly
Those hours of toil and danger.

2 We'll gird our loins, my brethren dear,
Our heavenly home discerning;
Our absent Lord has left us word,
Let every lamp be burning.

3 Should coming days be cold and dark,
We need not cease our singing;
That perfect rest nought can molest,
Where golden harps are ringing.

4 Let sorrow's rudest tempest blow, Each cord on earth to sever;