To think the thought, to breathe the name, ~
Earth has no higher bliss!

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T. H. GILL.

The Grace of God.

1 SWEET, Sweet these joys that throng me so,-
Bright, bright this dwelling-place;
But sweeter, Lord, these joys may grow,
These visits of thy grace!

2 O sweet each gracious soul that lends
My soul its dear embrace;

But, O, what heights the love ascends
That feels itself thy grace!

3 This glowing heart must sorrow learn,
Tears these glad smiles replace;

But, O, these tears to smiles may turn,
And grief may end in grace.

4 My Father! each delightful hour
Unveils thy smiling face;
I gather every glorious flower,
And thank my God of grace.

50 eager make my teeming soul.
To offer its embrace,

Of thy dear bounty bountiful,

And gracious with thy grace!

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C. M.

Gratitude and Grace.

1 ALAS these visits rare and rude

Unto thy holy place!

Our weak, wild bursts of gratitude, -
Thy calm, clear deeps of grace.

2 O, never shall thy mercy make
Our souls to rest in thine?
Nor mortal gratitude partake

The flow of grace

divine?

3 When shall our grateful raptures rise
Fast as thy grace descends,

And link to endless harmonies

The love that never ends?

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Submission and Reliance.

C. M.

H. M. WILLIAMS

Habitual Devotion.

1 WHILE thee I seek, protecting power,

Be my vain wishes stilled;

And may

this consecrated hour

With better hopes be filled!

2 Thy love the powers of thought bestowed;

To thee my thoughts would soar;

Thy mercy o'er my

life has flowed;

That mercy I adore.

3 In each event of life, how clear

Thy ruling hand I see!

Each blessing to my soul more dear,
Because conferred by thee.

4 In every joy that crowns my days,
In every pain I bear,

My heart shall find delight in praise,
Or seek relief in prayer.

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5 When gladness wings my favored hour,
Thy love my thoughts shall fill;
Resigned, when storms of sorrow lower,
My soul shall meet thy will.

6 My lifted eye, without a tear,

The gathering storm shall see;

My steadfast heart shall know no fear;
That heart shall rest on thee.

L. M.

Trust and Submission.

NORTON.

1 My God, I thank thee; may no thought
E'er deem thy chastisements severe;
But may this heart, by sorrow taught,
Calm each wild wish, each idle fear.
2 Thy mercy bids all nature bloom;

The sun shines bright, and man is
Thine equal mercy spreads the gloom
That darkens o'er his little day.

3 Full many a throb of grief and pain

gay;

Thy frail and erring child must know ⚫
But not one prayer is breathed in vain,
Nor does one tear unheeded flow.

4 Thy various messengers employ;
Thy purposes of love fulfil;
And, mid the wreck of human joy,
Let kneeling faith adore thy will.

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Universal Praise.

MONTGOMERY

1 ALL ye nations, praise the Lord;
All ye lands, your voices raise;
Heaven and earth, with loud accord,
Praise the Lord, forever praise.

2 For his truth and mercy stand,
Past, and present, and to be,
Like the years of his right hand,
Like his own eternity.

3 Praise him, ye who know his love;
Praise him from the depths beneath;
Praise him in the heights above;
Praise your Maker, all that breathe!

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T. MOORE.

God the Life and Light of the World.

1 THOU art, O God, the life and light

Of all this wondrous world we see;
Its glow by day, its smile by night,
Are but reflections caught from thee.
Where'er we turn, thy glories shine,
And all things fair and bright are thine.