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4 Soon shall we hear Him say,
"Ye blessed children, come!

Soon will He call us hence away,
And take His wanderers home.

HYMN

296.

L. M.

HE Lord is King! lift up thy voice, O earth, and all ye heavens, rejoice! From world to world the joy shall ring: The Lord Omnipotent is King!

2 The Lord is King! thou child of dust,
The Judge of all the earth is just :
Holy and true are all His ways;
Let every creature speak His praise.

3 Come, make your wants, your burdens known; The contrite soul He'll ne'er disown;

And angel bands are waiting there,
His messages of love to bear.

4 O, when His wisdom can mistake,
His might decay, His love forsake,
Then may His children cease to sing,
The Lord Omnipotent is King!

HYMN

297.

C. M.

OW rich Thy favours, God of grace!

Full as the ocean they are poured,
And bright as heaven they shine.

2 He to eternal glory calls,

And leads the wondrous way
To His own palace, where He reigns
In uncreated day.

3 Jesus the herald of His love
Displays the radiant prize,
And shows the purchase of His blood
To our adoring eyes.

4 The songs of everlasting years That mercy shall attend,

Which leads, through sufferings of an hour, To joys that never end.

HYMN

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Y Saviour, as Thou wilt!
Oh! may Thy will be mine!
Into Thy hand of love

I would my all resign.
Through sorrow, or through joy,
Conduct me as Thine own,
And help me still to say,

My Lord, Thy will be done!

2 My Saviour, as Thou wilt !
If needy here and poor,
Give me Thy people's bread,
Their portion rich and sure.

The manna of Thy word
Let my soul feed upon;
And if all else should fail,

My Lord, Thy will be done!

3 My Saviour, as Thou wilt!
Though seen through many a tear
Let not my star of hope

Grow dim or disappear.
Since Thou on earth hast wept
And sorrowed oft alone,
If I must weep with Thee,
My Lord, Thy will be done!

4 My Saviour as Thou wilt !
All shall be well for me:
Each changing future scene,
I gladly trust with Thee.
Straight to my home above
I travel calmly on,

And sing in life or death,
My Lord, Thy will be done!

HYMN

299.

L. M.

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THOU by long experience tried,
Near whom no grief can long abide,

My Lord, how full of sweet content
My years of pilgrimage are spent.

2 My heart reposing on Thy love,
All scenes alike engaging prove;
Where'er I dwell, I dwell with Thee,
At home, abroad, on land or sea.

3 To me remains nor place nor time,
My country is in every clime;
I can be calm, and free from care,
On any shore, since Thou art there.

4 Could I be cast where Thou art not, That were indeed a dreadful lot; But regions none remote I call, Secure of finding Thee in all.

HYMN

300.

III. 3.

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LL unseen the Master walketh
By the toiling servant's side;
Comfortable words He speaketh,
While his hands uphold and guide.

2 Grief, nor pain, nor any sorrow Rends thy heart, to Him unknown; He to-day, and He to-morrow, Grace sufficient gives His own.

3 Holy strivings nerve and strengthen, Long endurance wins the crown; When the evening shadows lengthen, Thou shalt lay thy burden down.

HYMN

301.

C. M.

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LORD! my best desire fulfil!
And help me to resign

Life, health, and comfort to Thy will,
And make Thy pleasure mine.

2 Why should I shrink at Thy command,
Whose love forbids my fears?
Or tremble at the gracious hand
That wipes away my tears?

3 No, rather let me freely yield
What most I prize to Thee,
Who never hast a good withheld,
Or wilt withhold from me.

4 Thy favour, all my journey through,
Thou art engaged to grant;
What else I want, or think I do,
'Tis better still to want.

5 Wisdom and mercy guide my way,
Shall I resist them both ?
The poor blind creature of a day,
And crush'd before the moth.

6 But ah! my inward spirit cries,

Still bind me to Thy sway

!

Else the next cloud that veils the skies,
Drives all these thoughts away.

HYMN

302.

III. 4.

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UIET, Lord, my froward heart,
Make me teachable and mild,
Upright, simple, free from art,
Make me as a weaned child ;
From distrust and envy free,
Pleas'd with all that pleases Thee.

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