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Does sadress fill my mind? A solace here I find,

May JESUS CHRIST be praised: Or fades my earthly bliss? My comfort still is this,

May JESUS CHRIST be praised.

GENERAL HYMNS

The night becomes as day, When from the heart we say

May JESUS CHRIST be praised: The powers of darkness fear, When this sweet chant they hear, May JESUS CHRIST be praised. In heaven's eternal bliss The loveliest strain is this,

May JESUS CHRIST be praised: Let earth, and sea, and sky From depth to height reply

May JESUS CHRIST be praised. Be this, while life is mine, My canticle divine,

May JESUS CHRIST be praised: Be this the eternal song, Through all the ages on,

May JESUS CHRIST be praised.

Amen.

And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three: but the greatest of these is charity."

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GRACIOUS SPIRIT, HOLY GHOST, Taught by Thee we covet most Of Thy gifts at Pentecost Holy, heavenly Love.

Love is kind and suffers long,

Love is meek, and thinks no wrong, Love than death itself more strong; Therefore, give us Love.

Prophecy will fade away, Melting in the light of day; Love will ever with us stay; Therefore, give us Love.

Faith will vanish into sight; Hope be emptied in delight;

Love in heaven will shine more bright; Therefore, give us Love.

Faith and Hope and Love we see Joining hand in hand agree; But the greatest of the three And the best, is Love.

From the overshadowing Of Thy gold and silver wing Shed on us, who to Thee sing, Holy, heavenly Love. Amen.

316" To him that overcometh." SOLDIERS, who are CHRIST'S below, Strong in faith resist the foe: Boundless is the pledged reward Unto them who serve the LORD.

" Tis no palm of fading leaves That the conqueror's hand receives; Joys are his serene and pure, Light that ever shall endure

For the souls that overcome Waits the beauteous heavenly Home, Where the Blessèd evermore Tread, on high, the starry floor.

Passing soon and little worth' Are the things that tempt on earth; Heavenward lift thy soul's regard; GOD Himself is thy Reward.

FATHER, Who the crown dost give, SAVIOUR, by Whose death we live, SPIRIT, Who our hearts dost raise, THREE IN ONE, Thy Name we praise. Amen.

" He that cometh to Me shall never hunger, and he that believeth in Me shall never thirst."

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I HEARD the voice of JESUS say " Come unto Me and rest;

Lay down, thou weary one, lay down Thy head upon My breast:"

I came to JESUS as I was, Weary, and worn, and sad;

I found in Him a resting- place, And He has made me glad.

I heard the voice of JESUS say " Behold, I freely give

The living water, thirsty one, Stoop down, and drink, and live:"

I came to JESUS, and I drank

Of that life- giving stream;. My thirst was quenched, my soul revived, And now I live in Him.

I heard the voice of JESUS say " I am this dark world's Light;

Look unto Me, thy morn shall rise, And all thy day be bright:"

I looked to JESUS, and I found In Him, my Star, my Sun; And in that Light of life I'll walk Till travelling days are done. Amen.

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CROWN Him with many crowns, The LAMB upon His throne; Hark, how the heavenly anthem drowne All music but its own: Awake, my soul, and sing Of Him Who died for thee, And hail Him as thy matchless King Through all eternity.