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"Come and hear, all ye that fear God."
Ps. lxvi. 16.

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YOME, ye that fear the LORD,
Unto me;

I've something good to say
About the narrow way,
For CHRIST, the other day,
Sav'd my soul.

2 He gave me first to see
What I was;

He

gave me first to see
My guilt and misery,

And then He set me free;
Bless His name!

3 My old companions said,
"He's undone ; ""

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4 Some said, "He'll soon give o'er;"
You shall see:

Some time has pass'd away
Since I began to pray,
And I feel the LORD to-day;
Bless His name!

5 And now I'm going home,
To the LORD:

And now I'm going home;
Guilty sinner, wilt thou come,
Or meet an awful doom

From the LORD?

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"God left him, to try him."
2 Chron. xxxii. 31.

AVE you not succeeded yet?
Try, try again;

Mercy's door is open set,

Try, try again:

Yours is not a single case,
Others have the same to face;
All your trust on JESUS place,
Try, try again.

2 Something surely lurks within,
Try, try again;
Some belov'd, besetting sin,
Try, try again :

Give up ev'ry plea beside

"I am lost, but CHRIST has died,"
Then the blood will be applied,
Try, try again.

8 Do you say, "I've tried in vain,”
Try, try again:
"As I was I still remain,"
Try, try again.

Know the darkest part of night
Is before the dawn of light;
Press along, you're going right,
Try, try again.

4 Do you, as the proverb, say,
"I shall be slain;

There's a lion in the way,
I shall be slain ?"

Well, suppose you're saying true,
And
suppose there should be two,
JESUS lives to bring you through,
Try, try again.

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"The Lord is my portion."

Lam. iii. 24.

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THE world their fancied pearl may crave,
It's not the pearl for me;

"Twill dim its lustre in the grave,
"Twill moulder in the sea:
But there's a pearl of price untold,
That never can be bought with gold;
The sinking soul 'twill save.

Chorus.-Oh! oh! that's the pearl,
That's the pearl for me.

2 The miser knocks at Mammon's gate,
It's not the gate for me;

From early morn till evening late,
Still at that gate is He:

But there's a gate that leads to bliss,
And he who knocks by faith at this,
Shall ne'er have cause to wait.

Oh! oh! that's the gate, &c.

3 The drunkard loves his cup It's not the cup for me;

of woe,

"Twill ruin soul and body too,
"Twill lead to misery:

But there's a cup

of

mercy free,

Which JESUS purchas'd on the tree,

For every soul of man.

Oh! oh! that's the cup, &c.

4 The sinner chants the siren's song,
It's not the song for me;

To mourning it will turn ere long,
For that is Heaven's decree:

But there's a song the ransom'd sing,
TO JESUS, their exalted KING,
With joyful heart and tongue.

Oh! oh! that's the song, &c.

5 A murmuring, discontented heart,
Is not the heart for me;

Such must accursed from GOD depart,
To all eternity:

But there's a heart which God approves,
In every Christian's breast it moves,
A heart of praise and love.

Oh! oh! that's the heart, &c.

6 A heart that's prone to lust and sin,
Is not the heart for me;

That always feels itself unclean,
A slave in misery:

But there's a heart that's

pure

and right,

In righteousness it hath delight,
From bondage it is free.

Oh! oh! that's the heart, &c.

7 The path in which professors walk, Is not the path for me;

"We are like Peter," is their talk,
"A distance, LORD, from Thee."
But follow on to Pentecost,

When filled with the HOLY GHOST,
How bold for CHRIST was he!

Oh! oh! that's the path, &c.

THE line to heav'n by CHRIST was made,
With heav'nly truths the rails are laid,

From earth to heav'n the line extends
To life eternal, where it ends.

2 Repentance is the station then
Where passengers are taken in ;
No fee for them is there to pay,
For JESUS is Himself the way.

8 The Bible is the engineer,
It points the way to heaven clear;
Through tunnels dark and dreary here,
It does the way to glory steer.

4 God's love the fire, His truth the steam,
Which drives the engine and the train:
All you who would to glory ride,
Must come to CHRIST, in Him abide.

5 In first, and second, and third class,
Repentance, faith, and holiness;
You must the way to glory gain,
Or you with CHRIST can never reign.

6 Come, then, poor sinner, now's the time,
At any station on the line,

If you repent and turn from sin,

The train will stop and take you in.