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BENJAMIN BEDDOME.

LOWELL MASON.

2 Here sinners, of an humble frame, May taste His grace and learn His name; May read, in characters of blood,

The wisdow, power, and grace of God.

3 The prisoner here may break his chains,
The weary rest from all his pains,
The captive feel his bondage cease,
The mourner find the way of peace.

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1 I love the sacred Book of God!
No other can its place supply;
It points me to His own abode;
It gives me wings and bids me fly.

2 Sweet Book! in thee my eyes discern
The very image of my Lord;
From thine instructive page I learn
The joys His presence will afford.

3 While I am here, these leaves supply
His place, and tell me of His love;
I read with faith's discerning eye,
And gain a glimpse of joys above.

4 I know in them the Spirit breaths
To animate His people here;
O may these truths prove life to all,
Till in His presence we appear!

Thomas Kelly.

1 The heavens declare Thy glory, Lord! In every star Thy wisdom shines; But, when our eyes behold Thy word, We read Thy name in fairer lines.

2 The rolling sun, the changing light,

And nights and days Thy power confess; But the blest volume Thou hast writ Reveals Thy justice and Thy grace.

3 Sun, moon and stars convey Thy praise Round the whole earth, and never stand; So, when Thy truth began its race,

Ít touched and glanced on every land.

4 Nor shall Thy spreading gospel rest, Till thro' the world Thy truth has run, Till Christ has all the nations blessed, That see the light, or feel the sun.

Isaac Watts, 1719.

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JOHN NEWTON.

GEORGE KINGSLEY.