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JESUS, who for me hast dy'd,
Grant I may in thee abide:
Set me, Lord, unto thy praise;
Water me with show'rs of grace.
2 Make my heart a garden fair,
Which such pleasant fruit may bear
As affords true joy to thee
And thy Father constantly.
3 In thy garden here below
Water me that I may grow;
When all grace to me is giv'n,
Then transplant me into heav'n.

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As the branches are connected With the vine, ev'n so thro' grace, A close union is effected

'Twixt the Lord our Righteousness

And believers, who, tho' feeble,

Life and pow'r from him derive,
And thereby are render'd able
Bearing fruit to grow and thrive.
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WOULD we by our behavior
Show that we love our Saviour;
He only can instruct us,
And in the way conduct us.
2 Thro' his atonement's powers
O may we bloom like flowers,
And by his grace and blessing
Bear fruits to him well pleasing.
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IN thy love and knowledge, gracious
Saviour,

May we more and more abound; Thy complete atonement shall for ever, Of our doctrine be the ground. Grant that all may, in thy word believing, And tothee the Vine as branches cleaving Thro' thy Father's nursing care, Fruit unto thy honor bear.

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LORD Jesus, be near Thou seest us here; Unite us in heart:Dear Lord, come and bless us; our Brother thou art. 2 Soon make us to be Well-pleasing to thee;

'Tis time, and 'tis right,-To bring forth some fruit which may yield thee delight. 3 From this very day, We will not delay

To follow the Lamb,-To serve him with gladness, and honor his name.

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THIS one thing needful grant to us,
By faith to view thee on the cross,
Bleeding for our salvation;
Then, 'midst all weakness, we indeed
Shall still from grace to grace proceed,
Lord, in thy congregation:
May none- -ground on
Empty notions-or good motions
His religion,

Without pow'r and life's fruition.

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XXVIII. Of Resignation, Confidence, and Patience in

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Is God my strong Salvation?
No enemy I fear;
He hears my supplication,
Dispelling all my care:
If he, my Head and Master,
Defends me from above,
What pain or what disaster
Can part me from his love?

Tribulation.

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6 His Spirit is the sov'reign Possessor of my

heart;

There he alone shall
govern,
And slavish fear depart;
He gives his benediction,
Yea, helpeth me to cry
Abba, when in affliction,
With child-like fervency.

7 His Spirit cheers my spirit
With many a precious word,
That I shall joy inherit,

By trusting in the Lord; Since after tribulation,

All those who Jesus love
Have that blest expectation
To live with him above.

8 Should earth lose its foundation,
He stands my lasting Rock;
No temp'ral desolation
Shall give my love a shock;
I'll cleave to Christ
my Saviour,
No object, small or great,
Nor height, nor depth, shall ever
Me from him separate.

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GOD is my Saviour and my Light,
Why should I be dismay'd?
'Tis he defends my life; of whom
Then need I be afraid?

2 Hear my requests, O Lord, and give
An answer full of grace:
Thy face thou bidst me seek, and I
Reply, "I'll seek thy face."

3 Lord, do not in displeasure hide.
Thyself, nor me reject;

The aid which I have had before,
From thee I still expect.

4 Wait still on God, my soul! from

him

All needful strength derive: Tho' he delay, he will at length The fainting heart revive.

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Perils, loss, shame, death and cross, Suff'rings e'er so keen, shall never Me from Jesus sever.

3 If the Lord protect me, Sin cannot infect me,

Nought can do me harm;

Altho' Satan rageth,

Christ the storm assuageth

By his mighty arm :

Would the foe-his malice show,

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True counsel, comfort, help abound.

3 All who possess true faith and love,

Since Christ is my strength and tower, This daily by experience prove,

I dread not his

power.

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That they who simply put their trust In Jesus Christ, can ne'er be lost.

4 None can be so o'erwhelm'd with
grief,
But he in Christ may
find relief;
All misery, however great,
His comforts can alleviate.

5 Jesus, my only God and Lord,
What comfort doth thy name afford!
No friend on earth can ever be
Compar'd for faithfulness with thee.

WHO can condemn, since Christ hath 6 Were health, and strength, and

dy'd?

I, by his blood, am justify'd:
He ever lives to intercede,
And send me help in time of need.

2 What can from Christ me separate?
Shall trials howsoever great,
Shall tribulation or distress,
Shall peril, sword, or nakedness?

friends withdrawn,
Were ev'ry earthly comfort gone,
If I have thee, I have howe'er
What me eternally can cheer.

7 O Lord, preserve me sound in faith,
Thine let me be in life and death;
May nothing pluck me from thy hand,
Lead me in safety to the end.

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No more with trembling heart I try
A multitude of things,
Still wishing to find out that point
From whence salvation springs;
My anchor's cast, cast on a ground,
Where I shall ever rest
From all the labor of my thoughts,

And workings of my breast.
2 What is my anchor, if you ask ?
A hungry, helpless mind,
Diving, with mis'ry for its weight,
Till firmest grace it find:
What is my ground? 'Tis Jesus Christ,
Whom faithless eyes pass o'er;
A Refuge here each troubled soul
May find, tho' tempests roar.

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THAT I am thine, my Lord and God,
Ransom'd and sprinkled with thy blood,
Repeat that word once more,
With such an energy and light,
That this world's flattery or spite

To shake me never may have pow'r. 2 From various cares my heart retires; Tho' deep and boundless its desires,

I'm now to please but One,
Him, before whom the elders bow;
With him I am engaged now,

And with the souls that are his own. 3 This is my joy, which ne'er can fail, To see my Saviour's arm prevail,

To mark the steps of grace;
How new-born souls, convinc'd of sin,
Yet by his precious blood made clean,
Extol his name in ev'ry place.
4 With these my happy lot is cast,
Thro' the world's deserts rude and waste,
Or thro' its gardens fair :
Whether the storm of malice
sweeps,
Or all in dead supineness sleeps,
Still to go on, be all my care.
5 See the dear sheep, by Jesus drawn,
In blest simplicity move on,

They trust his Shepherd-crook;
Beholders many faults will find,
But they can guess at Jesus' mind,
Content, if written in his book.

6 O all ye just, ye rich, ye wise,
Who deem th' atoning sacrifice,

A doctrine weak and slight!
Grant but I may (the rest's your own)
In shame and poverty sit down

At this one well-spring of delight.
7 Indeed had Jesus ne'er been slain,
Or could ought make his ransom vain,
That it avail'd no more ;

Were his unbounded mercy fled,
Were he no more the church's Head,
Nor Lord of all, as heretofore;
s Then, so refers my state to him,
Unwarranted I must esteem,
And wretched all I do;

Ah!
my heart throbs, and seizeth fast
That cov'nant, which will ever last,
It knows, it knows these things are true.
9 Yes, my dear Lord, in foll'wing thee,
Not in the dark uncertainly

This foot obedient moves;
'Tis with a Brother and a King,
Who many to this yoke will bring,.
Whoever lives and ever loves.
10Now then my Way,myTruth,my Life,
Henceforth let sorrow, doubt and strife,

Drop off like autumn leaves;
Henceforth, as privileg'd by thee,
Simple and undistracted be

My soul, which to thy mercy cleaves.
On that eternal love of thine,
11 Let me my weary mind recline.

And human thoughts forget;
Go forth and do it, while 'tis day,
Childlike attend what thou wilt say,

Yet never leave my safe retreat.
12 At all times to my spirit bear
An inward witness, strong and clear,
Of thy redeeming pow'r;
This will instruct thy child aright,
This will impart the needful light,
For exigence of ev'ry hour.

13 Now then the sequel is well weigh'd,
I cast myself upon thy aid,

A sea where none can sink;
Yea, thereon I depend, poor worm,
Believing that thou wilt perform
Beyond whate'er I ask or think.

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Our light his glorious face.

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SINCE we can't doubt God's équal love,

Unmeasurably kind,

To his unerring, gracious will
Be ev'ry wish resign'd;

Good, when he gives, supremely good;
Nor less when he denies ;

Ev'n crosses from his sov'reign hand
Are blessings in disguise.

2 Whate'er I ask, I surély know,
And stedfastly believe,

6 Thy secret hand we bless; on thee He will the thing desir'd bestow,

O Lord, we can depend,

Thou betwixt us and misery
Of ev'ry kind dost stand.

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THE will of God is always best,
His will be done for ever;
Those who confide in him are blest,
And prove his love and favor.
He helps indeed-in time of need,

'Midst chastisements he saveth; Those who depend-on God their Friend

He never, never leaveth.

2 His comforts daily me sustain,
He lends me his assistance;
To what he doth for me ordain
I'll yield without resistance:
True is his word,that ev'n the Lord
My hairs in mercy numbers;

He guards and wakes,-care of me takes,

And all my wants remembers,

Or else a better give;

To thee I therefore, Lord, submit
My ev'ry fond request,
And own, adoring at thy feet,
Thy will is always best.

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JESUS, my All, my soul's best Friend, To thee myself I now deliver; Whate'er comes from thy faithful hand,

How hard it be, how strange soever, I'll take it with a passive heart;

And tho' I cannot shout for glad

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