Lo ! the eternal page before us
Bears the covenant of his love,
Full of mercy to restore us,
Mercy beaming from above.
3 Father, source of all compassion^
Pure, unbounded love thou srt ;
Hail the God of our salvation ;
Praise him every thankful heart :
Joyfully on earth adore him,

Till in heaven our songs we raise ;
There enraptured fall before him,
Lost in wonder, love, and praise.
129. L- M.
Christian Privileges and Obligatioaa.
1 What countless myriads draw their
In lands of ignorance and death,



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While God allots my share of time,
Within his gospel's favored clime !

2 Shall I receive this grace in vain ?
Shall I my great vocation stain ?
Away, ye works in darkness wrought !
Away, each sensual, earthly thought !

3 My soul ! I charge thee to excel
In thinking right and acting well ;
Deep let thy searching powers engage,
Unbiassed, in the sacred page.
4 Heighten the force of good desire,
To deeds of shining worth aspire ;
More firm in fortitude, despise
The world's seducing vanities.
6 Strong and more strong thy passions rule,
Advancing still in virtue's school ;
Contending still, with noble strife,
To imitate thy Saviour's life.
130. p. M.
The Christian Church, a living Temple. 1 Pd, vL^l^

1 With ecstasy of joy
Extol his glorious name,

Who raised the spacious earth, . . . ^
And formed the human frame ; ^^t ^

He built the church, who built the dsj^' ;

Shout and exalt his honors hiirh. '..^-

2 See the foundation laid
By power and love divine ;
In Christ his first-born son.
How bright his glories shine !



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