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Saviour, de light of my soul! My Shepherd and Guard

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O come, let us sing to the L In God our Salvation rejo In psalms of thanksgiving,

His praise with one spirit Jehovah is King, and he rei

The God of all gods on his The strength of the hills he The ends of the earth are O come let us worship and k

Before our Creator and Go The people who serve him w

The sheep who his pasture To him let us hearken to-day

The voice that yet speaks f And all his commandments o For they are the statutes o HYMN 550.

I long to behold him arrayed With glory and light from The King in his beauty displ The beauty of holiest love. I languish and sigh to be ther Where Jesus hath fixed his O when shall I upward repai

To dwell with my Father a By mercy redeemed I shall sta

On Zion in blessing divine And view in that heavenly la His glory ineffable shine. O Saviour, I long to be there, Thy face in the spirit to see The bliss of thy presence to sh And find all my heaven in t

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HYMN 549.
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Away with our sorrow and fear,

We soon shall recover our home; The city of saints shall appear,

The day of eternity come.
From earth we shall quickly remove,
And mount to our native abode,
The house of our Father above,
The palace of angels and God.
By faith we already behold

The lovely Jerusalem here;
Her walls are of jasper and gold,
As crystal her buildings are clear:
Immoveably founded in grace,

She stands, as she ever hath stood,
And brightly her Builder displays,

And flames with the glory of God. No need of the sun in that day,

Which never is followed by night, Display

HYMN 553.

O sing to the Lord a new song;
The universe join in the strain;
Each day the glad tribute prolong-
His wonders, his glory maintain.
With gratitude bless the kind power

From whom our salvation descends:
How great is the God we adore!
How rich are the blessings he sends!
In beauty of holiness bow;

O worship with fear and with love; How solemn his temples below! How glorious his presence above! Proclaim to the nations around

That God, the Omnipotent, reigns, Whose love knows nor limit nor bound, Whose purpose unaltered remains. O let the wide heavens rejoice

The earth with her myriads be glad;

The cover shell join the loud voice

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And though on love's altar the flame that is glowing
Be brighter, still friendship's is steadier far;

One wavers and turns with each breeze that is blowing,
And is but a meteor-the other's a star.

In youth love's light burns warm and bright,
But it dies ere the winter of age be past;

While friendship's pure flame burns ever the same,
Or glows but the brighter, the nearer its last.

But though friendship may waver, and love's deep affection
Be cooled by the hand of time, here on the earth,
There's friendship in Heaven, and love, whose connexion
Is changeless and constant, ne'er knowing a dearth;
Though friendship smiles, and love beguiles

The dark wearisomeness of life's dreariest day,
They both are but mortal, and close at death's portal,
But Heaven's affection lives ever and aye.

The darkest ingratitude never can wound it;

It burns but the brighter, the deeper the guilt;
As ocean's depth fathomless, who can e'er sound it?
And our structure of hope on its basis is built.
Though fortune frown and frianda disam

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