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6 Let us, in life or death,
Boldly thy truth declare;

And publish, with our latest breath,
Thy love and guardian care.

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DODDRIDGE.

Christian Ambition.

1 Now let a true ambition rise,
And ardor fire our breast,
To reign in worlds above the skies,
In heavenly glories drest.

2 Behold Jehovah's royal hand
A radiant crown display,
Whose gems with vivid lustre shine,
While suns and stars decay.

3 Ye hearts, with youthful vigor warm, The glorious prize pursue;

Nor shall ye want the goods of earth,
While heaven is kept in view.

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KELLY.

Warning against Slothfulness.

10 ISRAEL, to thy tents repair!
Why thus secure on hostile ground?
Thy Lord commands thee to beware,
For many foes thy camp surround.

2 O sleep not thou, as others do;
Awake, be vigilant, be brave;
The coward and the sluggard too
Must wear the fetters of the slave.

3 A nobler lot is cast for thee;

A crown awaits thee in the skies:
With such a hope shall Israel flee,

And yield, through weariness, the prize? 4 No; let a careless world repose, And slumber on through life's short day, While Israel to the conflict goes,

And bears the glorious prize away.

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J. NEWTON.

Christian Perseverance.

1 REJOICE, believer, in the Lord,
Who makes your cause his own;
The hope that's built upon his word
Can ne'er be overthrown.

2 Though many foes beset your road,
And feeble is your arm,

Your life is hid with Christ in God,
Beyond the reach of harm.

3 Weak as you are, you shall not faint,
Or, fainting, shall not die;
For God, the strength of every saint,
Will aid you from on high.

4 Though sometimes unperceived by sense,
Faith sees him always near,
A Guide, a Glory, a Defence;
Then what have you to fear?

5 As surely as Christ overcame,
And triumphed once for you;
So surely you that love his name,
Shall triumph in him too.

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DODDRIDGE.

Faith Encouraged.

1 SING to the Lord, who loud proclaims
His various and his saving names;
O may they not be heard alone,
But by our sure experience known!

2 Let great Jehovah be adored,

The eternal, all-sufficient Lord;

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He, through the world, Most High confessed,
By whom 't was formed, and is possessed.

3 Awake, our noblest powers, to bless
The God of Abraham, God of peace;
Now by a dearer title known,
Father and God of Christ his Son.

4 Through every age, his gracious ear
Is open to his servants' prayer;
Nor can one humble soul complain
That it hath sought its God in vain.

5 What unbelieving heart shall dare
In whispers to suggest a fear,

While still he owns his ancient name,
The same his power, his love the same?

6 To thee our souls in faith arise;
To thee we lift expecting eyes;

And boldly through the desert tread,
For God will guard where God shall lead.

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BEDDOME.

"Fear Not."

1 YE trembling souls, dismiss your fears,
Be mercy all your theme;
Mercy, which like a river flows,
In one perpetual stream.

2 Fear not the powers of earth and hell;
God will those powers restrain;
His arm shall all their rage repel,
And make their efforts vain.

3 Fear not the want of outward good:
For his he will provide;

Grant them supplies of daily food,
And give them heaven beside.

4 Fear not that he will e'er forsake,
Or leave his work undone;
He's faithful to his promises,
And faithful to his Son.

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BEDDOME.

Sincerity and Self-Examination.

1 AM I an Israelite indeed,

Without a false disguise?

Have I renounced my sins, and left
My refuges of lies?

2 Say, does my heart unchanged remain, Or is it formed anew?

What is the rule by which I walk,
The object I pursue?

3 Cause me, O God of truth and grace,
My real state to know;

If I am wrong, O set me right!
If right, preserve me so !

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WATTS.

Sincerity and Hypocrisy.

1 GOD is a Spirit, just and wise,
He sees our inmost mind;

In vain to heaven we raise our cries,
And leave our souls behind.

2 Nothing but truth before his throne
With honor can appear;

The painted hypocrites are known
Through the disguise they wear.

3 Their lifted eyes salute the skies,
Their bending knees the ground;
But God abhors the sacrifice

Where not the heart is found.

4 Lord, search my thoughts, and try my ways,
And make my soul sincere;
Then shall I stand before thy face,
And find acceptance there.

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L. M.

HENRY MOORE,

For Steadiness of Principle.

1 AMIDST a world of hopes and fears,
A wild of cares, and toils, and tears,
Where foes alarm and dangers threat,
And pleasures kill, and glories cheat:

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