claim :

2 How happy the man whose heart is set free, The people that can be joyful in Thee! Their joy is to walk in the light of Thy face; And still they are talking of JESUS's grace. 3 Their daily delight shall be in Thy name; They shall as their right Thy righteousness [Thy blood, Thy righteousness wearing, and cleans'd by Bold shall they appear in the presence of GOD. 4 For JESUS my LORD is now my defence; I trust in His word, none plucks me from thence: [will do ; Since I have found favour, He all things My KING and my SAVIOUR shall bring me safe through.

5 Yes, Lord, I shall see the bliss of Thine own, Thy secret to me shall still be made known; For sorrow and sadness I joy do receive, And share in the gladness of all that believe.

161 "While I live will I praise the Lord."

HAPPY

Ps. cxlvi. 2.

113. M.

APPY the man whose hopes rely On Israel's GOD: He made the sky, And earth, and seas, with all their train; His truth for ever stands secure;

He saves th' oppress'd, He feeds the poor, And none shall find His promise vain. 2 The LORD pours eyesight on the blind! The LORD supports the fainting mind: He sends the labouring conscience peace; He helps the stranger in distress, The widow and the fatherless,

And grants the prisoner sweet release.

3 I'll praise Him while He lends me breath: And when my voice is lost in death,

Praise shall employ my nobler powers; My days of praise shall ne'er be past, While life and thought and being last, Or immortality endures.

162

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"And all Judah rejoiced at the oath," &c.
2 Chron. xv. 15.

my

choice

HAPPY day that fixed
On Thee, my SAVIOUR and my GOD!
Well may this glowing heart rejoice,
And tell its raptures all abroad.

2 O happy bond, that seals my vows
To Him who merits all my love!
Let cheerful anthems fill His house,
While to that sacred shrine I move.

3 'Tis done, the great transaction's done, I am my LORD's, and He is mine; He drew me, and I follow'd on,

Charm'd to confess the voice divine.

4 Now rest my long-divided heart;
Fix'd on this blissful centre, rest:
Nor ever from thy LORD depart,
With Him of ev'ry good possest.

L.M.

5 High Heav'n, that heard the solemn VOW, That vow renew'd shall daily hear,

Till in life's latest hour I bow,

And bless in death a bond so dear.

163 "Truly our fellowship is with the Father."

1 John i. 3.

(HAPPY soul that lives on high,

While men lie grov'lling here!
His hopes are fix'd above the sky,
And faith forbids his fear.

2 His conscience knows no secret stings,
While peace and joy combine
To form a life whose holy springs
Are hidden and divine.

3 He waits in secret on his GOD:
His GOD in secret sees;
Let earth be all in arms abroad,
He dwells in heav'nly peace.

4 His pleasures rise from things unseen,
Beyond this world and time;
Where neither eyes nor ears have been,
Nor thoughts of sinners climb.

5 He wants no pomp nor royal throne,
To raise his figure here:

Content, and pleas'd to live unknown,
Till CHRIST, his life, appear.

6 He looks to heaven's eternal hill,
To meet that glor'ous day;

But patient waits his SAVIOUR's will
To call his soul away.

164 "They that wait upon the Lord shall renew

their strength."-Isa. xl. 31.

HAPPY they that know the LORD,
With whom He deigns to dwell!

He feeds and cheers them by His word,
His arm supports them well!

O.M.

C.M.

2 To them in each distressing hour,
His throne of grace is near;

And when they plead His love and power,
He stands engag'd to hear.

3 His presence sweetens all our cares,
And makes our burdens light;
A word from Him dispels our fears,
And gilds the gloom of night.

4 Let us enjoy and highly prize
These tokens of Thy love;
Till Thou shalt bid our spirits rise,
To worship Thee above.

165 "He that overcometh shall inherit all things."

Rev. xxi. 7.

10's & 11's.

REJOICE evermore, with angels above,

In JESUS's power, in JESUS's love: With glad exultation your triumph proclaim, Ascribing salvation to GoD and the LAMB.

2 Thou, LORD, our refuge in trouble hast been; Hast sav'd us from death, hast sav'd us from

sin;

[free, The pow'r of Thy SPIRIT hath set our hearts And now we inherit all fulness in Thee.

3 All fulness of peace, all fulness of joy,
And spiritual bliss that never shall cloy;
To us it is given in JESUS to know
A kingdom of heaven, a heaven below.

4 No longer we join, while sinners invite;
Nor envy the swine their brutish delight;
Their joy is all sadness, their mirth is all

vain,

[pain. Their laughter is madness, their pleasure is

5 0 might they at last with sorrow return,
The pleasures to taste for which they were
born;

Our JESUS receiving, our happiness prove,
The joy of believing, the heaven of love!

166

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"All things are yours."

1 Cor. iii. 21.

L.M.

vast the treasures we possess ! How rich Thy bounty, KING of grace! This world is ours, and worlds to come: Earth is our lodge, and heav'n our home.

2 All things are ours; the gifts of GOD;
The purchase of a SAVIOUR's blood;
While the good SPIRIT shows us how
To use, and to improve them too.

3 If

peace and plenty crown my days, They help me, LORD, to speak Thy praise; If bread and sorrows be my food, Those sorrows work my lasting good.

4 I would not change my blest estate
For all the world calls good or great;
And while my faith can keep her hold,
I envy not the sinner's gold.

5 FATHER, I wait Thy daily will;
Thou shalt divide my portion still;
Grant me on earth what seems Thee best,
Till death and heav'n reveal the rest.