2 The oath and promise of the Lord.
Join to confirm the wondrous grace;
Eternal power performs the word, i
And fills all heaven with endless praise.
3 Amidst temptations sharp and long,
My soul to this dear refuge flies:
Hope is my anchor, firm and strong,
While tempests blow, and billows rise.
4 The gospel bears my spirit up;
A faithful and unchanging God.
Lays the foundation for my hope,
In oaths, and promises, and blood.
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(HEB. vi. 17, 18.)

IN every trouble, sharp and strong,
My soul to Jesus flies;

My anchor-hold is firm in him,
When swelling billows rise.

2 His comforts bear my spirits up,
I trust a faithful God;

The sure foundation of my hope
Is in a Saviour's blood."

3 Loud hallelujahs sing, my soul,
To thy Redeemer's name!
In joy, in sorrow, life and death,
His love is still the same.

C. M.

C.-M.

1. GOD, my supporter and my hope, S

My help for ever neart; no i notW

Thine arm of mercy held me up bizon bok
When sinking in despair.,dangi #

2 Thy counsels, Lord, shall guide my feet T Through this dark wildernessos of niol Thine hand conduct me near thy seating13 To dwell before thy face on his allit baA 3 Were I in heaven without my' o tebimA 2"Twould be no joy to me;

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And while this earth is my abode, ei goff
I long for none but thee. Bart slidW

og odT & 4 What if the springs of life were broke, A And flesh and heart should faint. ayıl God is my soul's eternal rock, The strength of every saint.

5 Then to draw near to thee, my God,
Shall be my sweet employ;
My tongue shall sound thy works abroad,
And tell the world my joy.

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MY

(PSALM 71.)

Y God, my everlasting hope, ur ! I live upon thy truth; 9283 9 Thine hands have held my childhood up, And strengthen'd all my youth. and brod &

2 Still has

my life new wonders seen
Repeated every year;

Behold, my days that yet remain,
I trust them to thy care.

3 Cast me not off when strength declines,
When hoary hairs arise; god gi
And round me let thy glories shine, onli
Whene'er thy servant diese nod W

4 Then in the history of my age,
When men review my days, i den vad
They'll read thy love in every page,
In every line thy praise.

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GOD

(PSALM 71.)

OD of my childhood and my youth,T
The Guide of all my days,

I have declar'd thy heavenly truth,
And told thy wondrous ways.

2 Wilt thou forsake my hoary hairs,
And leave my fainting heart?

Who shall sustain my sinking years, oila I
If God my strength depart?

8 Let me thy power and truth proclaim
To the surviving age,
And leave a savour of thy name
When I shall quit the stage.

4 By long experience have I known
Thy sovereign power to save;
At thy command I venture down
Securely to the grave.

5 When I lie buried deep in dust,
My flesh shall be thy care:

These withering limbs with thee I trust,
To raise them strong and fair,

1 'TIS my happiness below,

But the Saviour's power to know,

Not to live without the crosse vi

Sanctifying every loss,ur live to idob ¿M

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2 Why should my foolish heart complain,
When wisdom, truth, and love,
Direct the stroke, inflict the pain,
And point to joys above?

3 How short are all my sufferings here!
How needful every cross!
Away, my unbelieving fear,
Nor call my gain, my loss!

4 Then give, dear Lord, or take away,
I'll bless thy sacred name;
My Jesus yesterday, to-day,
For ever, is the same.

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(HEB. xii. 7.)

ND can my heart aspire so high,
To say, My Father, God!'
Lord! at thy feet I fain would lie,
And learn to kiss the rod.

2 I would submit to all thy will,.
For thou art good and wise;
Let every anxious thought be still,
Nor one faint murmur rise.

C. M.

3 Thy love can cheer the darksome gloom, And bid me wait serene,

Till hopes and joys immortal bloom,

And brighten all the scene.

4 My Father!'O permit my heartMAU To plead her humble claim, na lis I And ask the bliss those words impartod In Redeemer's name." my

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MY

(2 Sam. xxiii. 5.)..

Y God, the cov'nant of thy love
Abides for ever sure;

And in its matchless

grace

My happiness secure.

C. M.

A

I feel

2 Since thou, the everlasting God,
My Father art become;
Jesus my guardian and my friend,
And heaven my final home;-

8 I welcome all thy sovereign will,
For all that will is love;

And when I know not what thou dost,
I wait the light above.

4 Thy covenant, in the darkest gloom,
Shall heavenly rays impart,

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Which, when my eye-lids close in death,
Shall warm my chilling heart.

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(HAB. iii. 17, 18.)

O. M.

WHAT though no flowers the fig-tree clothe,

Though vines their fruit deny,

The labour of the olive fail,

And fields no meat supply:

2 Though from the fold, with sad surprise, g My flock cut off I see; Though famine reign in empty stalls,

Where herds were wont to be:

3 Yet in the Lord will I be glad, And glory in his love;

In him I'll joy, who will the God

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