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SACRED SONGS

6 Thy gracious nature, Lord, impart, Come quickly from above, Write thy new name upon my heart, Thy new beft name of love.

olisi on maeds CCXXI.

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The chriftian race. 1 Cor. ix. 24

AWAKE, my foul, ftretch ev'ry nerve,

And prefs with vigour on,

A heav'nly race demands thy zeal, And an immortal crown.

a A cloud of witneffes around Hold thee in full furvey, Forget the fteps already trop, And onward urge thy way.

3' Tis God's all animating voice That calls thee from on high, ' Tis he prefents the glorious prize To thine afpiring eye.

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The joys and pleafures of a day I cheerfully refign, Rich in the large imortal ftore bl Secur'd by grace divine. ibA