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5 Shout, ye bright angelic choir,
Praise the Lamb enthroned above,
Whilst, astonished, I admire

God's free grace and boundless love.

6 That blessed moment I received him

Filled my soul with joy and peace: Love I much? I'm much forgiven; I'm a miracle of grace.

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Tune, Rothwell.

PRAYER MEETING TUNE BOOK, PAGE 16.

L. M.

"Whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to generation." DAN. iv. 34.

JES

ESUS shall reign where'er the sun Does his successive journeys run: His kingdom stretch from shore to shore, Till suns shall rise and set no more.

2 To him shall endless prayer be made,
And endless praises crown his head;
His name, like sweet perfume, shall rise
With every morning sacrifice.

3 People and realms of every tongue
Dwell on his love with sweetest song:
And infant voices shall proclaim
Their early blessings on his name.

4 Let every creature rise and bring
Peculiar honours to our king;
Angels descend with songs again,
And earth repeat the loud amen.

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Tune, Fountain.

PRAYER MEETING TUNE BOOK, PAGE 29.

C. M.

"Being justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him." ROMANS V. 9.

THERE is a fountain, filled with blood,

Drawn from Immanuel's veins,

And sinners plunged beneath that flood
Lose all their guilty stains.

2 The dying thief rejoiced to see
That fountain in his day;
And there may I, as vile as he,
Wash all my sins away.

3 Dear dying Lamb, thy precious blood
Shall never lose its power,

Till all the ransomed church of God
Be saved, to sin no more.

4 E'er since, by faith, I saw the stream
Thy flowing wounds supply,
Redeeming love has been my theme,
And shall be till I die.

5 Then, in a nobler, sweeter song, I'll sing thy power to save;

When this poor lisping, stammering tongue Lies silent in the grave.

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Tune, Brown.

PRAYER MEETING TUNE BOOK, PAGE 24.

C. M.

"Jesus Christ came into the world to save sinners." 1 TIM. i. 15.

PLUNGED in a gulf of dark despair,
We wretched sinners lay,

Without one cheerful beam of hope,
Or spark of glimmering day.

2 With pitying eyes the Prince of grace
Beheld our helpless grief;

He saw, and O, amazing love!
He ran to our relief.

3 Down from the shining seats above
With joyful haste he fled,
Entered the grave in mortal flesh,
And dwelt among the dead.

4 O, for this love, let rocks and hills
Their lasting silence break,
And all harmonious human tongues
The Saviour's praises speak.

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Tune, De Fleury.

PRAYER MEETING TUNE BOOK, PAGE 91.

8 s.

"Thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood."

REV. V. 9.

MY gracious Redeemer I love,

His praises aloud I'll proclaim;
And join with the armies above,
To shout his adorable name:
To gaze on his glories divine,
Shall be my eternal employ-
To see them incessantly shine,
My boundless, ineffable joy.

2 He freely redeemed, with his blood,
My soul from the confines of hell,
To live on the smiles of my God,
And in his sweet presence to dwell;
To shine with the angels in light,
With saints and with seraphs to sing;
To view with eternal delight

My Jesus, my Saviour, my King.

3 Ye palaces, sceptres, and crowns,
Your pride with disdain I survey;
Your pomps are but shadows and sounds;
And pass in a moment away:
The crown that my Saviour bestows,
Yon permanent sun shall outshine;

My joy everlastingly flows-
My God, my Redeemer is mine.

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Tune, Ortonville.

PRAYER MEETING TUNE BOOK, PAGE 31.

C. M.

"We love him because he first loved us." 1 JOHN iv. 19.

THOU, O my Jesus! Thou didst me
Upon the cross embrace;

For me didst bear the nails and spear,
And manifold disgrace;

2 And griefs and torments numberless,
And sweat of agony,

Yes, death itself; and all for one
That was thine enemy.

3 Then why, O blessed Jesus Christ!
Should I not love thee well?

Not for the hope of winning heaven,
Nor of escaping hell;

4 Not with the hope of gaining aught,
Not seeking a reward;
But as thyself hast loved me,
O ever loving Lord!

5 E'en so I love thee and will love,
And in thy praise will sing;
Solely because thou art my God,
And my eternal King.

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Tune, Bartimeus.

PRAYER MEETING TUNE BOOK, PAGE 74.

8, 7.

"A friend that sticketh closer than a brother." PROV. Xviii. 24.

ONE there is above all others,

Well deserves the name of Friend;

His is love beyond a brother's,
Costly, free, and knows no end.

2 Which of all our friends, to save us,
Could or would have shed his blood?
But this Saviour died to have us
Reconciled, in him, to God.

3 When he lived on earth abased,
Friend of sinners was his name;
Now, above all glory raised,
He rejoices in the same.

4 O for grace our hearts to soften!
Teach us, Lord, at length to love;
We, alas! forget too often

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What a friend we have above.

Tune, Remember me.

PRAYER MEETING TUNE BOOK, PAGE 36,

"Christ died for our sins." 1 Cor. xv. 3.

ALAS! and did my Saviour bleed!

And did my Sovereign die!

Would he devote that sacred head
For such a worm as I?

2 Was it for crimes that I have done,
He groaned upon the tree?
Amazing pity! grace unknown!
And love beyond degree!

3 Well might the sun in darkness hide
And shut his glories in;

When Christ, the mighty Maker, died
For man the creature's sin.

C. M.

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