The saints in an agony wait

To see him again in the air; The Spirit invites, in the bride,

Her heavenly Lord to descend, And place her, enthroned at his side, In glory that never shall end.

PRAYING FOR A BLESSING.

2 The news of his coming I hear, And join in the catholic cry, 0 Jesus, in triumph appear, Appear in the clouds of the sky! Whom only I languish to love,

In fulness of majesty come, And give me a mansion above, And take to my heavenly home.

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1 THE thirsty are called to their Lord, appearing to see;

And, drawn by the power of his word, The promise I know is for me:

I thirst for the streams of thy grace, I gasp for the Spirit of love,

I long for a glimpse of thy face,

And then to behold it above.

2 Thy call I exult to obey, And come, in the spirit of prayer, Thy joy in that happiest day,

Thy kingdom of glory, to share; To drink the pure river of bliss, With life everlasting o'erflowed, Implunged in the crystal abyss, And lost in the ocean of God.

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Ain Christ, our Redeemer, we see:

For us, who his offers embrace, For all, it is open and free. Jehovah himself doth invite

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To drink of his pleasures unknown, The streams of immortal delight, That flow from his heavenly throne.

2 As soon as in him we believe, By faith of his Spirit we take; And, freely forgiven, receive

The mercy for Jesus's sake; We gain a pure drop of his love, The life of eternity know, Angelical happiness prove, And witness a heaven below.

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TERRIBLE thought! shall I alone,

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Of all, alas! whom I have known, Through sin for ever die?

2 While all my old companions dear, With whom I once did live, Joyful at God's right hand appear, A blessing to receive;

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4 Ah, no! I still may turn and live, For still his wrath delays;

He now vouchsafes a kind reprieve, And offers me his grace.

5 I will accept his offers now, From every sin depart, Perform my oft- repeated vow, And render him my heart. what I receive, The grace through Jesus given; Sure, if with God on earth I live, To live with him in heaven.

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8 s. 3 The sinners suddenly convince, O'erwhelmed beneath their load of sins; To- day, while it is called to- day, Awake, and stir them up to pray, Their dire captivity to own, And from the iron furnace groan.

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PRAYING FOR A BLESSING

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ATHER of omnipresent grace! face; But every soul assembled here Doth naked in thy sight appear: Thou know'st who only bows the knee, And who in heart approaches thee.

2 Thy Spirit hath the difference made Betwixt the living and the dead; Thou now dost into some inspire The pure, benevolent desire: O that even now thy powerful call May quicken and convert us all!

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4 Then, then acknowledge, and set free The people bought, O Lord, by thee! The sheep for whom their Shepherd bled, For whom we in thy Spirit plead: Let all in thee redemption find, And not a soul be left behind.

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1 CHEPHERD of souls, with pitying eye, The thousands of our Israel see: To thee in their behalf we cry, Ourselves but newly found in thee. 2 See where o'er desert wastes they err, And neither food nor feeder have, Nor fold, nor place of refuge near,

For no man cares their souls to save. 3 Wild as the untaught Indian's brood The Christian savages remain; Strangers, yea, enemies to God,

They make thee spill thy blood in vain.

4 Thy people, Lord, are sold for nought, Nor know they their Redeemer nigh; They perish, whom thyself hast bought, Their souls for lack of knowledge die.

5 The pit its mouth hath opened wide, To swallow up its careless prey: Why should they die, when thou hast died, Hast died to bear their sins away?