Because we have forgot thee, Lord,
But thou hast not forgot,-
Because we have forsaken thee,
But thou forsakest not;

3 Because, O Lord, thou lovedst us
With everlasting love;

Because thou gav'st thy Son to die,
That we might live above;

Because when we were heirs of wrath,
Thou gav'st the hopes of heaven;
We love because we much have sinned,
And much have been forgiven.

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Tune, Lucas.

PRAYER MEETING TUNE BOOK, PAGE 97.

"Now is our salvation nearer than when we believed."
ROMANS Xiii. 11.

COME, let us anew

Our journey pursue,

Roll round with the year,

And never stand still till the Master appear.
His adorable will

Let us gladly fulfil,

And our talents improve

By the patience of hope and the labour of love.

2 Our life is a dream;

Our time, as a stream,
Glides swiftly away,

And the fugitive moment refuses to stay:

The arrow is flown,

The moment is gone,

The millennial year

Rushes on to our view, and eternity's here.

3 O that each in the day Of his coming, may say,

"I have fought my way through,

I have finished the work thou didst give me to do!"

O that each from his Lord
May receive the glad word,
"Well and faithfully done;

Enter into my joy, and sit down on my throne!"

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Tune, Pilgrim.

PRAYER MEETING TUNE BOOK, PAGE 100.

"I am a stranger and a sojourner, as all my fathers were." Ps. xxxix. 12.

'M a pilgrim, and I'm a stranger;

I'M

I can tarry but a night;

Do not detain me, for I am going
To where the rivers are ever flowing.

2 There the sunbeams are ever shining,
I am longing for the sight;

Within a country unknown and dreary,
I have been wandering, forlorn and weary.

3 Of the country to which I'm going,
My Redeemer is the light;

There is no sorrow, nor any sighing,
Nor any sinning, nor any dying.
I'm a pilgrim, and I'm a stranger,
I can tarry but a night.

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Tune, Horton.

PRAYER MEETING TUNE BOOK, PAGE 62.

"Lovest thou me ?" JOHN xxi. 16.

HARK, my soul! it is the Lord,

'Tis thy Saviour, hear his word;
Jesus speaks, and speaks to thee;
"Say, poor sinner, lovest thou me?

7 8.

2 "I delivered thee when bound,
And when wounded, healed thy wound;

Sought thee wandering, set thee right, Turned thy darkness into light. 3 "Mine is an unchanging love, Higher than the heights above; Deeper than the depths beneath, Free and faithful, strong as death. 4 "Thou shalt see my glory soon, When the work of grace is done; Partner of my throne shalt be; Say, poor sinner, lovest thou me?" 5 Lord, it is my chief complaint, That my love is weak and faint; Yet I love thee and adore;

O for grace to love thee more!

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Tune, Oak.

PRAYER MEETING TUNE BOOK, PAGE 99.

"Draw nigh unto God, and he will draw nigh unto you."

JAMES iv. 8.

NEARER, my God, to thee,

Nearer to thee!

E'en though it be a cross
That raiseth me;

Still all my song shall be,
Nearer, my God, to thee,
Nearer to thee!

2 Though like a wanderer,

The sun gone down,

Darkness comes over me,
My rest a stone,

Yet in my dreams I'd be
Nearer, my God, to thee,
Nearer to thee!

3 There let my way appear

Steps unto heaven;

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All that thou sendest me
In mercy given;

Angels to beckon me
Nearer, my God, to thee,
Nearer to thee!

4 Then with my waking thoughts
Bright with thy praise,

Out of my stony griefs
Bethel I'll raise;

So by my woes to be
Nearer, my God, to thee,
Nearer to thee!

5 And when on joyful wing,
Cleaving the sky,

Sun, moon, and stars forgot,
Upward I fly;

Still all my song shall be,
Nearer, my God, to thee,

Nearer to thee!

Tune, Abba.

PRAYER MEETING TUNE BOOK, PAGE 73.

8,7.

"Whosoever doth not bear his cross and come after me, cannot be my disciple." LUKE xiv. 27.

JE

ESUS, I my cross have taken,
All to leave, and follow thee:

Naked, poor, despised, forsaken,

Thou, from hence, my all shalt be;
Perish every fond ambition,

All I've sought, or hoped, or known!
Yet how rich is my condition,

God and heaven are still my own!
2 Let the world despise and leave me;
They have left my Saviour, too;
Human hearts and looks deceive me,
Thou art not, like them, untrue;

O, while thou dost smile upon me,
God of wisdom, love, and might!
Foes may hate, and friends disown me,
Show thy face, and all is bright.

3 Perish, earthly fame and treasure!
Come, disaster, scorn, and pain!
In thy service, pain is pleasure;
With thy favour, life is gain:
O! 'tis not in grief to harm me,
While thy love is left to me;
́O! 'twere not in joy to charm me-
Were that joy unmixed with thee.

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Tune, Joy.

PRAYER MEETING TUNE BOOK, PAGE 93.

"Christ in you, the hope of glory." COL. i. 27.

OW

How happy are they

Who the Saviour obey,

And have laid up their treasure above!
O, what tongue can express

The sweet comfort and peace
Of a soul in its earliest love!

2 'Twas heaven below

My Redeemer to know,

And the angels could do nothing more

Than to fall at his feet,

And the story repeat,

And the lover of sinners adore.

3 Then, all the day long,

Was my Jesus my song,

And redemption through faith in his name:
O, that all might believe,

And salvation receive,

And their song and their joy be the same.