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REMEMBRANCE OF CHRIST.

And taught to pray a useless prayer
To blocks of wood and stone.

3 My God! I thank thee, who hast planned
A better lot for me,

And placed me in this happy land,
Where I may hear of thee.

4 Help me to serve thee every day,
Whilst thou shall give me breath;
And grant, that while on earth I stay,
I may prepare for death.

52.

Remembrance of Christ.

C. M.

p. 4, S. S. S. B. Stevens.

1 ACCORDING to thy gracious word,

In meek humility,

This will I do, my dying Lord,
I will remember thee.

2 Thy body, broken for my sake,
My bread from heaven shall be:
The testamental cup I take,

And thus remember thee.

3 Gethsemane can I forget?
Or there thy conflict see,
Thine agony and bloody sweat,
And not remember thee?

4 When to the cross I turn mine eyes,
And rest on Calvary,

Oh Lamb of God, my sacrifice!
I must remember thee:

5 Remember thee and all thy pains,
And all thy love for me;

Yea, while a breath, a pulse remains,
Will I remember thee.

6 And when these failing lips grow dumb,
And mind and memory flee,
When thou shalt in thy kingdom come,
Thou wilt remember me.

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The Bible. C. M.

Mear. Clarendon.

1/FATHER of mercies! in thy word

What endless glory shines!
Forever be thy name adored,
For these celestial lines.

2 Here may the wretched sons of want
Exhaustless riches find;

Treasures beyond what earth can grant,
And lasting as the mind.

3 Here the Redeemer's welcome voice
Spreads heavenly peace around;
And life and everlasting joys

Attend the blissful sound.

4 O may these heavenly pages be
Our study and delight;

And still new beauties may we see,
And still increasing light.

5 Divine instructer, gracious Lord,

Be thou forever near;

Teach us to love thy sacred word,
And view our Saviour there.

54.

The Bible. 8 & 7's M.

Greenville. Sicilian Hymn.

1 OH! my Father, what a treasure
I possess in thy dear word;
There I read with holy pleasure
Of the love of Christ my Lord.

2 That blest word reveals the Saviour
All his children deeply need;
Oh! what mercy, love and favor,
That for sinners Christ should bleed.

3 Oh! the blessedness of knowing
Christ the tender Saviour's love,

Freely on a child bestowing

Grace and mercy from above.

4 May that Book be ever prized Far above my earthly toys; All beside should be despised,

While we seek its heaven-born joys.

55.

The Bible. C. M.

Litchfield. Medfield.

1 GREAT God! with wonder and with praise

On all thy works I look;

But still thy wisdom, power and grace
Shines brightest in thy book.

2 Here are my choicest treasures hid;
Here my best comfort lies;
Here my desires are satisfied,
And hence my hopes arise.

3 Lord, from this Gospel may I draw,
The knowledge of thy will;

Give me to understand thy law,
And all that law fulfil.

4 Here would I learn how Christ has died,
To save my soul from sin;

5

Not all the books on earth beside,

Can give me peace within.

Then let me love my Bible more,
And take a fresh delight,

By day to read those wonders o'er,
And meditate by night.

Hebron. Portugal. Shoel.

1 GoD, in the gospel of his Son,
Makes his eternal counsels known;
"Tis here his richest mercy shines,
And truth is drawn in fairest lines.

2 Wisdom its dictates here imparts
To form our minds, to cheer our hearts;
Its influence makes the sinner live;
It bids the drooping saint revive.

3 Our raging passions it controls,
And comfort yields to contrite souls;
It brings a better world to view,
And guides us all our journey through.

4 May this blest volume ever lie

Close to my heart, and near my eye,
Till life's last hour my soul engage,
And be my chosen heritage.

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The Bible. C. M.

Peterboro.' Mear.

1/ How shall the young secure their hearts,

And guard their lives from sin?
Thy word the choicest rules imparts,
To keep the conscience clean.

2 When once it enters to the mind,
It spreads such light abroad,
The meanest souls instruction find,
And raise their thoughts to God.

3 'Tis like the sun, a heavenly light,
That guides us all the day;
And, through the dangers of the night,
A lamp to lead our way.

4 Thy word is everlasting truth;
How pure is every page!

That holy book shall guide our youth,

And well support our age.