4 Then, Saviour, then, my soul receive,
Transported from this vale, to live
And reign with thee above:
Where faith is sweetly lost in sight,
And hope in full supreme delight,
And everlasting love.

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(PHIL. iii. 7-9.)

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O more, my God, I boast no more, T
Of all the duties I have done;

I quit the hopes I held before,
To trust the merits of thy Son.

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2 Now for the love I bear his name, 70HI What was my gain I count my loss;

My former pride I call my shame,con
And nail my glory to his cross.

3 Yes, and I must and will esteem
All things but loss for Jesus' sake:
O may my soul be found in him,
And of his righteousness partake!

4 The best obedience of my hands

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Dares not appear before thy throne; A
But faith can answer thy demands 29 Ноя
By pleading what my Lord has done. 10

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ISTAKEN souls! that dream of heaven,
And make their empty boast but oT
Of inward joys, and sins forgiven, its baA
While they are slaves to lust, 3990 OT

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2 Vain are our fancies, airy flights,
If faith be cold and dead;

None but a living power unites
To Christ, the living Head.

3 "Tis faith that changes all the heart; 'Tis faith that works by love; That bids all sinful joys depart, And lifts the thoughts above.

4 'Tis faith that conquers earth and hell
By a celestial power;

This is the grace that shall prevail
In the decisive hour.

5 Faith must obey her Father's will, and baA As well as trust his grace;

A pardoning God is jealous still
For his own holiness.

FAITH is the brightest evidence
Of things beyond our sight;

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Breaks through the clouds of flesh and sense,
And dwells in heavenly light.

2 It sets time past in present view,
Brings distant prospects home;
Of things a thousand years ago,
A thousand years to come.

3 By faith we know the worlds were made
By God's almighty word;

Abra'm, to unknown countries led,

By faith obey'd the Lord, avoid unde

4 He sought a city fair and high, Built by the eternal hands: And faith assures us, though we That heavenly building stands. 356. (2 COR. v. 7.)

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1 IS by the faith of joys to come 'TIS We walk through deserts dark as night; Till we arrive at heaven our home, Faith is our guide, and faith our light. T 2 The want of sight she well supplies; ya She makes the pearly gates appear; Far into distant worlds she pries, And brings eternal glories near., paure AusH &

3 Cheerful we tread the desert through,
While faith inspires a heavenly ray; SIBQ
Though lions roar, and tempests blow,
And rocks and dangers fill the way.

4 So Abra'm, by divine command,
Left his own house to walk with God;
His faith beheld the promis'd land,
And fir'd his zeal along the road.

1 0 BLESSED souls are they

Whose sins are cover'd o'er! Divinely bless'd, to whom the Lord Imputes their guilt no more!

2 They mourn their follies past,

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And keep their hearts with carey Their lips and lives, without deceit, m'erd A Shall prove their faith h' sincere, sist y

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While I conceal'd my guilt,
I felt the festering wound,
Till I confess'd my sins to thee,
And ready pardon found.

Let sinners learn to pray,

Let saints keep near the throne;

Our help, in times of deep distress,Я Is found in God alone.

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LESS'D is the man, for ever bless'd, Whose guilt is pardon'd by his God Whose sins with sorrow are confess'd, And cover'd with his Saviour's blood.

2 Bless'd is the man to whom the Lord Imputes not his iniquities;

He pleads no merit of reward,

And not on works, but grace, relies.

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3 From guile his heart and lips are free; His humble joy, his holy fear,TAU With deep repentance well agree, And join to prove his faith sincere.me/? 4 How glorious is that righteousness, That hides and cancels all his sins

While a bright evidence of grace T Through his whole life appears and shines. 359.

`(TIT. iii. 37.) * Jonić.ΜA

LORD, we confess our numerous faults, &
How great our guilt has beende eiH
Foolish and vain were all our thoughts

And all our lives were sin, of 9900 JA

2 But O, my soul, for ever praise,alidW For ever love his name,

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Who turns thy feet from dangerous ways
Of folly, sin, and shame.

3 'Tis not by works of righteousness,
Which our own hands have done;
But we are sav'd by sovereign grace,
Abounding through his Son.

4 'Tis from the mercy of our God
That all our hopes begin;

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'Tis by the water and the blooded W
Our souls are wash'd from sin, 920

5 Rais'd from the dead, we live anew
And justified by grace,
We shall appear in glory too,
And see our Father's face..

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URIED in shadows of the night, i We lie till Christ restores the light; Wisdom descends to heal the blind, bo A And chase the darkness of the mind.

2 Our guilty souls are drown'd in tears, Till his atoning blood appears;

Then we awake from deep distress,

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And sing, the Lord our righteousness.

3. Our very frame is mix'd with sin;' His Spirit makes our nature clean;

Such virtues from his sufferings flow ilon?
At once to cleanse and pardon too. BRA