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GENERAL HYMNS.

For ever would I take my seat With Mary at the MASTER's feet; Be this my happy choice; My only care, delight, and bliss, My joy, my heaven on earth, be this, To hear my SAVIOUR's voice, Amen,

" The Paradise of GOD."

O PARADISE! O Paradise!

Who doth not crave for rest? Who would not seek the happy Land, Where they that loved are blest; Where loyal hearts, and true, Stand ever in the light, All rapture, through and through, In GOD's most holy sight?

O Paradise! O Paradise!

The world is growing old; Who would not be at rest and free Where love is never cold?

Where loyal hearts,& c.

O Paradise! O Paradise!

Wherefore doth death delay? Bright death, that is the welcome dawn Of our eternal day;

Where loyal hearts,& c.

O Paradise! O Paradise!

' Tis weary waiting here; I long to be where JESUS is, To feel, to see Him near.

Where loyal hearts,& c.

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