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2 When we meet in the Eden above,
When we enter that blissful abode,
All the good who have passed on before
We shall meet in the City of God.

3 The saints of all ages are there,

The prophets and martyrs of old;

The children whose voices on earth are still
Now sing in that City of gold.

I Left it all with Jesus.

"He is able to keep that which I have committed unto Him."- -2 TIM. i. 12 Tune-Sacred Songs and Solos, No. 28.

I

LEFT it all with Jesus long ago,

All my sins I brought Him and my woe ;
When by faith I saw Him on the tree,

Heard His small still whisper, ""Tis for thee,"
From my heart the burden rolled away—
Happy day!

2 I leave it all with Jesus, for He knows
How to steal the bitter from life's woes;
How to gild the tear-drop with His smile,
Make the desert garden bloom awhile:
When my weakness leaneth on His might
All seems light.

3 I leave it all with Jesus day by day ;

Faith can firmly trust Him, come what may.
Hope has dropped her anchor, found her rest,
In the calm sure haven of His breast:
Love esteems it heaven to abide

At His side.

4 Oh, leave it all with Jesus, drooping soul!
Tell not half thy story, but the whole;
Worlds on worlds are hanging on His hand,
Life and death are waiting His command;
Yet His tender bosom makes thee room-
Oh, come home!

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Let the Lower Lights be Burning.

"Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven. -MATT. v. 16.

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Tune-Sacred Songs and Solos, No. 29.

BRIGHTLY beams our Father's mercy
From His lighthouse evermore;

But to us He gives the keeping

Of the lights along the shore.

Let the lower lights be burning! Send a gleam across the wave !
Some poor fainting, struggling seaman You may rescue, you may save.
2 Dark the night of sin has settled,
Loud the angry billows roar;
Eager eyes are watching, longing,
For the lights along the shore.

3 Trim your feeble lamp, my brother;
Some poor seaman, tempest tost,
Trying now to make the harbour,
In the darkness may be lost.

One Qoye Day's Work for Jesus.

"I must work the works of Him that sent Me, while it is day."

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JOHN ix. 4.

Tune-Sacred Songs and Solos, No. 30.

NE more day's work for Jesus,

ONE

One less of earth for me!

But heaven is nearer, and Christ is dearer,

Than yesterday to me:

His love and light fill all my soul to-night.

One more day's work for Jesus,
One more day's work for Jesus,
One more day's work for Jesus,
One less of earth for me.

One more day's work for Jesus:
How glorious is my King!

'Tis joy, not duty, to speak His beauty;

My soul mounts on the wing

At the mere thought how Christ my life has bought.

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One more day's work for Jesus;
How sweet the work has been,

To tell the Story, to show the glory

When Christ's flock enter in!
How it did shine in this poor heart of mine!
One more day's work for Jesus-

Oh yes, a weary day;

But heaven shines clearer, and rest comes nearer,
At each step of the way;

And Christ in all! Before His face I fall!

Oh, blessed work for Jesus!

Oh, rest at Jesu's feet!

There toil seems pleasure, my wants are treasure,
And pain for Him is sweet.

Lord, if I may, I'll serve another day.

"YET

Yet there is Room.

"And yet there is room."-LUKE xiv. 22.
Tune-Sacred Songs and Solos, No. 31.

ET there is room!" The Lamb's bright hall of song,
With its fair glory, beckons thee along.

Room, room, still room!
Oh, enter, enter now!

2 Day is declining, and the sun is low:

The shadows lengthen, light makes haste to go. 3 The bridal hall is filling for the feast,

Pass in, pass in, and be the Bridegroom's guest.

4 It fills, it fills, that hall of jubilee !

Make haste, make haste: 'tis not too full for thee. 5 Yet there is room! Still open stands the gate, The gate of love; it is not yet too late.

6 Pass in, pass in! That banquet is for thee; That cup of everlasting love is free.

7 All heaven is there: all joy! Go in, go in, The angels beckon thee the prize to win.

8 Louder and sweeter sounds the loving call; Come, lingerer, come; enter that festal hall.

9 Ere night that gate may close, and seal thy doom: Then the last low, long cry: "No room, no room!"

By Dr. H. BONAR.

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No room, no room!

Oh, woful cry, "No room!"

Written expressly for this book. (Copyright.)

Theye is Life loy a Book.

"It shall come to pass that every one...... when he looketh upon it, shall

live."-NUMBERS xxi. 8.

"Look unto Me and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth."ISAIAH xlv. 22.

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Tune-Sacred Songs and Solos, No. 32.

HERE is life for a look at the Crucified One,
There is life at this moment for thee;

Then look, sinner, look unto Him and be saved,
Unto Him who was nailed to the tree.

Look! look! look and live!

There is life for a look at the Crucified One,
There is life at this moment for thee.

2 Oh, why was He there as the Bearer of sin,
If on Jesus thy guilt was not laid?

Oh, why from His side flowed the sin-cleansing blood,
If His dying thy debt has not paid?

3 It is not thy tears of repentance nor prayers,
But the Blood, that atones for the soul;

On Him then who shed it thou mayest at once
Thy weight of iniquities roll.

4 Then doubt not thy welcome, since God has declared
There remaineth no more to be done;

That once in the end of the world He appeared,
And completed the work He begun.

5 Then take with rejoicing from Jesus at once
The life everlasting He gives;

And know with assurance thou never canst die,
Since Jesus, thy Righteousness, lives.

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Only an Aqmouq-Beayer.

"His armour-bearer said unto him, Do all that is in thine heart; turn thee; behold I am with thee according to thy heart."- -I SAM. xiv. 7. Tune-Sacred Songs and Solos, No. 33. NLY an armour-bearer, firmly I stand, Waiting to follow at the King's command; Marching, if "Onward" shall the order be, Standing by my Captain, serving faithfully.

ONLY

Hear ye the battle-cry! "Forward!" the call;
See, see the faltering ones; backward they fall.
Surely my Captain may depend on me,

Though but an armour-bearer I may be.
2 Only an armour-bearer, now in the field,
Guarding a shining helmet, sword, and shield ;
Waiting to hear the thrilling battle-cry,
Ready then to answer, "Master, here am I."
3 Only an armour-bearer, yet may I share
Glory immortal, and a bright crown wear;
If in the battle to my trust I'm true,

Mine shall be the honours in the Grand Review.

Nothing but Leaves.

"And when He came to it He found nothing but leaves."--MARK xi. 13 Tune-Sacred Songs and Solos, No. 34.

NOTHING but leaves! The Spirit grieves

Over a wasted life;

O'er sins indulged while conscience slept,
O'er vows and promises unkept;

And reaps from years of strife-
Nothing but leaves! nothing but leaves !

2 Nothing but leaves! No gathered sheaves
Of life's fair ripening grain !

We sow our seeds: lo, tares and weeds,
Words, idle words, for earnest deeds :
We reap with toil and pain—
Nothing but leaves! nothing but leaves.

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