GENERAL

This GOD is our GOD for ever and ever: He shall be our guide unto death."

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GUIDE me, O Thou Great REDEEMER, Pilgrim through this barren land;

1 am weak, but Thou art.mighty, Hold me with Thy powerful hand; Bread of Heaven,

Feed me now and evermore.

Open now the crystal Fountain, Whence the healing streams do flow; Let the fiery cloudy pillar

Lead me all my journey through; Strong Deliverer,

Be Thou still my Strength and Shield.

When I tread the verge of Jordan, Bid my anxious fears subside: Death of death, and hell's Destruction, Land me safe on Canaan's side; Songs of praises

I will ever give to Thee. Amen.

" We must all appear before the Judg­839

ment Seat of CHRIST."

THOU JUDGE of quick and dead, Before Whose bar severe With holy joy, or guilty dread, We all shall soon appear;

Our wakened souls prepare For that tremendous Day, And fill us now with watchful care, And stir us up to pray:

To pray, and wait the hour, The awful hour unknown, When, robed in majesty and power, Thou shalt from heaven come down,

The immortal SON of Man, To judge the human race, With all Thy FATHER'S dazzling train, With all Thy glorious grace.

To sober earthly joys, To quicken holy fears, For ever let the Archangel's voice Be sounding in our ears;

The solemn midnight cry, " Ye dead, the Judge is come! " Arise, and meet Him in the sky, " And meet your instant doom!"

O may we thus be found, Obedient to His word, Attentive to the trumpet's sound, And looking for our LORD.

O may we thus insure Our lot among the blest, And watch a moment, to secure An everlasting rest.

Amen.

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HYMNS.

" Thou hast been a strength to the poor a strength to the needy in his distress. 340

I NEED Thee, Precious JESU,

For I am very poor;

A stranger and a pilgrim,

I have no earthly store;

I need the love of JESUS

To cheer me on my way, To guide my doubting footsteps, To be my strength and stay.

I need Thee, Precious JESU, I need a friend like Thee, A friend to soothe and pity, A friend to care for me: I need the Heart of JESUS To feel each anxious care, To tell my every trial,

And all my sorrows share.. I need Thee, Precious JESU, I need Thee, day by day, To fill me with Thy fulness, To lead me on my way;

I need Thy HOLY SPIRIT To teach me what I am,

To show me more of JESUS, To point me to the LAMB.

I need Thee, Precious JESU, And hope to see Thee soon Encircled with the rainbow, And seated on Thy throne; There, with Thy Blood- bought children, My joy shall ever be

To sing Thy praises, JESU, To gaze, my LORD, on Thee.

Amen.

" Let my supplication come before Thee. deliver me, according to Thy Word." 341

JESUS, LORD of life and glory,

Bend from heaven Thy gracions ear While our waiting souls adore Thee Friend of helpless sinners hear: By Thy mercy,

O deliver us, good LORD.

From the depths of nature's blinda From the hardening power of sin From all malice and unkindness, From the pride that lurks within By Thy mercy,

O deliver ns, good LORD. When temptation sorely presses, ! In the day of Satan's power, In our times of deep distresses, In each dark and trying hour, By Thy mercy,

O deliver us, good LORP. When the world around is smiling, In the time of wealth and ease, Earthly joys our hearts beguiling, In the day of health and peace, By Thy mercy,

O deliver us, good LORD.