2 A cloud of witnesses around
Hold thee in full survey;
Forget the steps already trod,
And onward urge thy way.
3 'Tis God's all animating voice,
That calls thee from on high;
"Tis his own hand presents the prize
To thine uplifted eye.

4 Then wake, my soul, stretch every nerve, And press with vigour on;

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A heavenly race demands thy zeal,
And an immortal crown.

Tune, Haverhill.

PRATER MEETING TUNE BOOK, PAGE 46.

S. M.

"By the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ we shall be saved.”

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ACTS xv. 11.

A SINNER saved by grace!

No other hope is mine,

Than thus to see my Father's face,
And in his glory shine.

2 No merits of my own,

No righteousness I bring,

With broken, contrite heart, alone
To Jesus' cross I cling.

3 I know he will forgive

My sins, if thus I come;

I know that I at last shall live
With him in heaven, my home.

Tune, Mear.

PRAYER MEETING TUNE BOOK, PAGE 31.

C. M.

"Return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon." ISAIAH lv. 7.

OW

How oft, alas! this wretched heart

Has wandered from the Lord:
How oft my roving thoughts depart,
Forgetful of his word.

2 Yet sovereign mercy calls "Return;"
Dear Lord, and may I come?
My vile ingratitude I mourn;
O, take the wanderer home.

3 And canst thou, wilt thou yet forgive
And bid my crimes remove?
And shall a pardoned rebel live
To speak thy wondrous love?

4 Almighty grace, thy healing power,
How glorious, how divine;
That can to life and bliss restore
So vile a heart as mine.

5 Thy pardoning love, so free, so sweet, Dear Saviour, I adore:

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O keep me at thy sacred feet,
And let me rove no more.

Tune, Golden Shore.

PRAYER MEETING TUNE BOOK, PAGE 76. 8, 7, 4.

"Why art thou cast down, O my soul?" Ps. xlii. 5.

MY soul, what means this sadness?
Wherefore art thou thus cast down?
Let thy grief be turned to gladness;
Bid thy restless fears begone;
Look to Jesus,

And rejoice in his dear name.

2 Though ten thousand ills beset thee,
From without and from within,

Jesus says he'll ne'er forget thee,
But will save from hell and sin:
He is faithful

To perform his gracious word.

3 Though distresses now attend thee,
And thou tread'st the thorny road,
His right hand shall still defend thee,
Soon he'll bring thee home to God!
Thou shalt praise him,

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Praise the great Redeemer's name.

Tune, Badea.

PRAYER MEETING TUNE BOOK, PAGE 44.

"Trust ye in the Lord forever." ISAIAH Xxvi. 4.

IVE to the winds thy fears,

GIVE

Hope, and be undismayed;

S. M.

God hears thy sighs and counts thy tears,
God shall lift up thy head.

2 Through waves, and clouds, and storms,
He gently clears the way;
Wait thou his time; so shall this night
Soon end in joyous day.

3 Still heavy is thy heart?

Still sink thy spirits down?
Cast off the weight, let fear depart,
And every care begone.

4 What though thou rulest not?

Yet heaven, and earth, and hell
Proclaim God sitteth on the throne,
And ruleth all things well.

5 Leave to his sovereign sway,
To choose and to command;

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So shalt thou, wondering, own his way
How wise, how good his hand!

Tune, Lyons.

PRAYER MEETING TUNE BOOK. PAGE 93.

"I have put my trust in the Lord God." Ps. lxxiii. 28.

BEGONE, unbelief!

My Saviour is near;

And for

my relief

Will surely appear:
By prayer let me wrestle,
And he will perform;
With Christ in the vessel,
I smile at the storm.

2 Determined to save,

He watched o'er my path,
When, Satan's blind slave,
I sported with death:
And can he have taught me
To trust in his name,
And thus far have brought me
To put me to shame?

3 Why should I complain
Of want or distress,
Temptation or pain?
He told me no less:
The heirs of salvation,
I know from his word,
Through much tribulation
Must follow their Lord.

4 Though dark be my way,
Since he is my guide,
'Tis mine to obey,

"Tis his to provide:
His way was much rougher

And darker than mine;

Did Jesus thus suffer,
And shall I repine?

5 His love in time past
Forbids me to think
He'll leave me at last
In trouble to sink:

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Though painful at present,
"Twill cease before long,
And then, O how pleasant
The conqueror's song!

Tune, Effingham.

PRAYER MEETING TUNE BOOK, PAGE 10.

L. M.

"Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence HEB. xi. 1.

of things not seen."

S when the weary traveller gains

AS
The height of some o'erlooking hill,
His heart revives, if, o'er the plains,

He sees his home though distant still: 2 So when the Christian pilgrim views By faith his mansion in the skies; The sight his fainting strength renews, And wings his speed to reach the prize 3 'Tis there, he says, I am to dwell

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With Jesus in the realms of day:
Then I shall bid my cares farewell,
And he will wipe my tears away.

Tune, Georgia.

PRAYER MEETING TUNE BOOK, PAGE 68.
"Jesus Christ and him crucified." 1 Cor. ii. 2.

VAIN, delusive world, adieu,

With all of creature good;

Only Jesus I pursue,

Who bought me with his blood;
All thy pleasures I forego,

All thy wealth, and all thy pride,
Only Jesus will I know,

And Jesus crucified.

2 Him to know is life and peace,
And pleasure without end,
This is all my happiness,
On Jesus to depend:

7,6.