9 Blest is my lot-whate'er befall;
What can disturb me-who appal?
While as my Strength, my Rock, my All,
Saviour! I cling to Thee.

895 1 Thess. iv. 17. P. M. MONSELL

1 NOON and for ever, such promise our trust, Though ashes to ashes, and dust go to

dust;

Soon and for ever our union shall be, Made perfect and glorious, Redeemer, with Thee.

When the sins and the sorrows of time shall be o'er;

Its pangs and its partings remembered no more;

Where life cannot fail, and where death cannot sever,

Christians with Christ shall be soon and for ever.

2 Soon and for ever the breaking of day, Shall drive all the night clouds of sorrow away:

Soon and for ever we'll see as we're seen, And learn the deep meaning of things that have been.

When fightings without us, and fears from within,

Shall weary no more in the warfare of sin; Where tears, and where fears, and where death shall be-never,

Christians with Christ shall be soon and for ever.

3 Soon and for ever the work shall be done, The warfare accomplished, the victory won, Soon and for ever the soldier lay down His sword for a harp, and his cross for a

crown.

Then droop not in sorrow, despair not in fear,

A glorious to-morrow is brightening, is

near;

When-blessed reward of each faithful

endeavour!

Christians with Christ shall be soon and for ever.

896

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THE MARTYR IN GLORY.

Rev. vii. 13, 14.

P. M.

EAR no more the clanking chain; Thou'rt free as the light of heaven; For stripes, and weariness, and pain, The eternal rest is given.

2 Fear no more the torturer's hand,

Nor the dungeon dark that bound thee;

The loving angels round thee stand,

And lightning wings surround thee.

3 Fear no more the winter's cold;
That home it entereth never.
Thy glory-robe around thee fold,
And walk in white for ever.

4 Fear no more lest failing faith
In the mortal strife betray thee.
Thou hast been faithful unto death,
So in thy crown array thee.

897

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2 Tim. iv. 6.

L.M.

LOGAN.

HE hour of my departure's come, I hear the voice that calls me home; At last, O Lord, let trouble cease, And let Thy servant die in peace. 2 The race appointed I have run; The combat's o'er, the prize is won: And now my witness is on high, And now my record's in the sky.

3 Not in mine innocence I trust;
I bow before Thee in the dust;
And through my Saviour's blood alone
I look for mercy at Thy throne.

4 I come, I come at Thy command;
I give my spirit to Thy hand:
Stretch forth Thine everlasting arms,
And shield me in the last alarms.

898 John v. 28, 29. 8.8.6. C. WESLEY.

1

THOU God of glorious majesty,

To Thee, against myself, to Thee,
A worm of earth, I cry ;

A half-awakened child of man;
An heir of endless bliss or pain;
A sinner born to die!

2 Lo! on a narrow neck of land,
"Twixt two unbounded seas, I stand,
Secure, insensible;

A point of time, a moment's space,
Removes me to that heavenly place,
Or shuts me up in hell.

3 O God, mine inmost soul convert;
And deeply on my thoughtful heart
Eternal things impress:

Give me to feel their solemn weight,
And tremble on the brink of fate,
And wake to righteousness.

4 Before me place, in dread array,
The pomp of that tremendous day;

When Thou with clouds shalt come, To judge the nations at Thy bar; And tell me, Lord, shall I be there, To meet a joyful doom?

5 Be this my one great business here,
With serious industry and fear
Eternal bliss to ensure:
Thine utmost counsel to fulfil,
And suffer all Thy righteous will,
And to the end endure.

6 Then, Saviour, then, my soul receive,
Transported from this vale to live
And reign with Thee above;
Where faith is sweetly lost in sight,
And hope in full supreme delight,
And everlasting love.

899

Rev. iv. 8. P. M.

HEBER.

Ho

OLY, holy, holy! Lord God Almighty! Gratefully adoring, our songs shall rise to Thee.

Holy, holy, holy! Merciful and Mighty, God in Three Persons, Blessed Trinity. 2 Holy, holy, holy! all the saints adore Thee, Casting down their golden crowns around the glassy sea;

Cherubim and seraphim falling down before Thee,

Who wast, and art, and evermore shalt be. 3 Holy, holy, holy! though the darkness hide Thee,

Though the eye of sinful man Thy glory may not see;

Only Thou art holy: there is none beside Thee

Perfect in power, in love, and purity.

4 Holy, holy, holy! Lord God Almighty! All Thy works shall praise Thy name, in earth, and sky, and sea :

Holy, holy, holy! Merciful and Mighty!
God in Three Persons, Blessed Trinity!

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PSALM VIII.

LORD our Lord, how excellent is Thy name in all the earth! | who hast set Thy glorya | bove the heavens.

2 Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast Thou ordained strength, because of⚫ Thine enemies that Thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.

3 When I consider Thy heavens, the work of Thy fingers || the moon and the | stars. which Thou hast ordained;

4 What is man, that Thou art | mindful⚫ of him? | and the son of man that Thou visit est him?

5 For Thou hast made him a little lower | than the angels || and hast crowned | him with glory and honour.

6 Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of Thy hands | Thou hast put all things | under his feet:

7 All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts. of the field || the fowl of the air and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passeth | through the paths of the seas.

80 Lord our | Lord || how excellent is Thy name in all the earth!