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And try in all my

words and ways,

To magnify the same.

4 Dear Jesus, may thy spirit help
Me while I thus endeavor:
To follow Thee till death, then may
I dwell with Thee forever.

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Lift up the Gospel Banner.

LIFT up the Gospel banner,

Wide be its folds unfurled;

Display the love of Jesus
Before a guilty world:
Go forth to every creature
That dwelleth under heaven,
Proclaim the wondrous tidings
Of grace and mercy given.

20 stay not-time is passing; Work while 'tis called to-day: Thousands of heathen perish Each hour that you delay. They die without the knowledge Of God's most holy word; Without the hopes you cherish, In Christ our gracious Lord.

3 Remember your Redeemer;
Obey his last command;
And resting in his promise,
In faithful service stand.

Lift up his glorious banner;
Grace, mercy, peace proclaim
To all repenting sinners,

In Christ the Saviour's name.

HYMN 181. 8. & 7.
Missionary Prayer.

1 GOD of grace what thanks we owe Thee!
Thou hast sent us light and truth;
We are early taught to know Thee-
Bethlehem's star-beam guides our youth.

2 How we pity souls benighted,

Hastening to a hopeless grave,
Ne'er to Jesus' rest invited,
Serving gods that cannot save!

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3 Oh! shall none bear hence the story
Telling why the Saviour came?
Shall we ne'er meet them in glory,
Saved alike in Jesus' name?

4 Father, Lord, from every nation,
Heirs of heav'nly harp and palm!
Teach all tongues to sing "salvation
To our God and to the Lamb."

HYMN 182. 4 lines 8's.

Heaven.

1 WE speak of the realms of the blest,
Of that country so bright and so fair;

And oft are its glories confess'd-
But what must it be to be there?

2 We speak of its pathways of gold, Of its walls deck'd with jewels so rare; Its wonders and pleasures untold,

But what must it be to be there?

3 We speak of its freedom from sin, From sorrow, temptation, and care, From trials without and within,

But what must it be to be there?

4 We speak of its service of love,

Of the robes which the glorified wear: The church of the first-born above,But what must it be to be there?

5 Do Thou, Lord, 'midst pleasure or woe,
Still for heaven our spirits prepare;
And, shortly, we also shall know
And feel what it is to be there!

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HYMN 183. L. M.

Christ Knocking.

BEHOLD a stranger at the door!

He gently knocks, has knocked before

Has waited long-is waiting still;
You treat no other friend so ill.

20 lovely attitude, He stands

With melting heart and bleeding hands.
O matchless kindness, and He shows
This matchless kindness to his foes!

3 But will He prove a friend indeed?
He will; the very friend you need;
The friend of sinners-yes, 'tis He,
With garments dyed on Calvary.

4 Rise, touched with gratitude divine;
Turn out his enemy and thine,
That soul-destroying monster sin,
And let the heavenly stranger in.

5 Admit Him, ere his anger burn;
His feet departed ne'er return:
Admit Him, or the hour's at hand,
You'll at His door rejected stand.

HYMN 184. 5, 6, & 9.

Peace in Believing.

1 HOW happy are they Who the Saviour obey,

And have laid up their treasures above! O what tongue can express

The sweet comfort and peace Of a soul in its earliest love?

2 'Twas heaven below My Redeemer to know,

And the angels could do nothing more,
Than to fall at his feet,

And the story repeat,
And the Lover of sinners adore.

30 the rapturous height

Of that holy delight,

Which I felt in the life-giving blood!

Of my Saviour possessed,

I was perfectly blest,

As if filled with the fulness of God.

4 Then, all the day long,

Was my Jesus my song,

And redemption through faith in his name;
O that all might believe,

And salvation receive,

And their song and their joy be the same.

HYMN 185. C. M.

Joyful Meeting.

1 HOW pleasant thus to dwell below,
In fellowship of love;
And though we part, 'tis bliss to know
The good shall meet above.

Of that will be joyful, joyful, joyful,
O! that will be joyful,

To meet to part no more.
To meet to part no more,
On Canaan's happy shore,
And sing the everlasting song,
With those who've gone before.

2 Yes, happy thought! when we are free
From earthly grief and pain,

In heaven we shall each other see,
And never part again.

O! that will be joyful, &c.

3 The children who have loved the Lord Shall hail their teachers there;

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