6 Yet this redeeming angel came,
So vile a worm to bless ;

He took with gladness all my shame,
And gave his righteousness.

70, that my languid heart might glow
With ardour all divine,

And for more love than seraphs know,
Like burning seraphs shine!

111. L. M. Needham.

Messiah....Gen. xlix. 10....Dan. ix. 26....Hag. ii. 9. LORY to God, who reigns above,

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GLO

Who dwells in light, whose name is love;

Ye saints and angels, if ye can,

Declare the love of God to man!

2. O, what can more his love commend,
Than his dear only Son to send?
That man, condemn'd to die, might live,
And God be glorious to forgive!
[3 Messiah's come-with joy behold
The days by prophets long foretold;
Judah, thy royal sceptre's broke,
And time still proves what Jacob spokę.
4 Daniel, thy weeks are all expir'd,
The time prophetic seals requir'd;
Cut off for sins, but not his own,
Thy Prince Messiah did atone.
5 Thy famous temple, Solomon,
Is by the latter far out-shone;
It wanted not thy glitt'ring store-
Messiah's presence grac'd it more.]
6 We see the prophecies fulfill'd
In Jesus, that most wond'rous child:
His birth, his life, his death, combine
To prove his character divine.

7 Jesus, thy gospel firmly stands,
A blessing to these favour'd lands;

No infidel shall be our dread,
Since thou art risen from the dead.

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112. L. M. Medley. Morning-star....Rev. xxii. 16. ITH joy, ye saints, attend, and raise Your voices in harmonious praise; Blest Spirit, ev'ry heart prepare, To sing the bright, the Morning-star.] 2 In glory bright the Saviour reigns, And endless grandeur there sustains; We view his beams, and from afar Hail him the bright, the Morning-star. 3 Blest Star! where'er his lustre shines, He all the soul with grace refines; And makes each happy saint declare, He is the bright, the Morning-star. 4 Sweet Star! his influence is divine; Life, peace, and joy, attending shine; Death, hell, and sin, before him flee: The bright, the Morning-star is he. 5 Great Star! in whom salvation dwells, His beam the thickest cloud dispels; The grossest darkness flies afar, Before this bright, this Morning-star. 6 Most glorious Star! be thou our guide, Nor from our souls thy splendor hide; Let nothing thy sweet beams debar, Thou only bright and Morning-star. 7 Eternal Star! our songs shall rise, When we shall meet thee in the skies; And, in eternal anthems, there Praise thee, the bright, the Morning-star

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113. L. M. Medley.

One thing needful....Luke x. 42.
ESUS, engrave it on my heart,
one

art!

I could from all things parted be,
But never, never, Lord, from thee!
2 Needful art thou to make me live;
Needful art thou all grace to give ;
Needful to guide me lest I stray;
Needful to help me ev'ry day.
3 Needful is thy most precious blood;
Needful is thy correcting rod;
Needful is thy indulgent care;
Needful thy all-prevailing pray'r;
4 Needful thy presence, dearest Lord,
True peace and comfort to afford;
Needful thy promise to impart
Fresh life and vigor to my heart;
5 Needful art thou to be my stay
Thro' all life's dark and thorny way;
Nor less in death thou'lt needful be,
When I yield up my soul to thee.
6 Needful art thou to raise my dust
In shining glory with the just;
Needful when I in heav'n appear,
To crown, and to present me there.
[7 Needful art thou, my Lord, my love,
To tune my golden harp above;
Needful art thou, my God, my king,
While to eternity I sing.]

& Then shall my soul, with joy supreme,
Dwell on the dear delightful theme,
Glory and praise be ever his,

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The one thing needful Jesus is!

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'HE Paschal Lamb which Israel slew, Ye seed of Jacob, speaks to youHolds Jesus forth from blemish free, Whose blood's a peaceful sign to thee.

2 If sprinkled o'er thy conscience now, How greatly lov'd and blest art thou Thousands there are who never see This peaceful sign made known to thee. 3 Made known to whom? to those approv'd, God's own elect, in Christ belov'd; They, only they, are led to see

This peaceful sign made kown to thee.
4 Then why, my soul, shouldst thou despair,
And doubt thy Saviour's constant care?
Torn from himself thou canst not be;
His blood's a peaceful sign to thee.

5 And when thy God shall bid thee rise
To join the chorus of the skies,
This thy support in death shall be→→
His blood's a peaceful sign to thee.

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Pearl of great Price....Matt. xiii. 46.
E glitt'ring toys of earth, adieu,
A nobler choice be mine;

YE

A real prize attracts my view-
A treasure all divine.

2 Be gone, unworthy of my cares,
Ye specious bates of sense;
Inestimable worth appears,
The pearl of price immense!
[3 Jesus, to multitudes unknown-
O name divinely sweet!
Jesus, in thee, in thee alone,

Wealth, honor, pleasure, meet.]

4 Should both the Indies, at my call,
Their boasted stores resign,

With joy I would renounce them all,
For leave to call thee mine.

5 Should earth's vain treasures all depart,
Of this dear gift possest,

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I'd clasp it to my joyful heart,
And be forever blest.

6 Dear Sov'reign of my soul's desires,
Thy love is bliss divine;

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Accept the praise that grace inspires
Since I can call thee mine!

116. C. M. Mason.

Pearl of great Price....Matt. xiii. 46.
I'VE found the pearl of greatest price;
My heart exults for joy;

I'VE

And sing. I must....a Christ I have→→
O what a Christ have I!

2 Christ is my father and my friend,
My brother and my love;

My head, my hope, my counsellor,
My advocate above.

My Christ, he is the heav'n of heav'n
My Christ what shall I call?
My Christ is first, my Christ is. last,
My Christ is all in all

117. L. M. Steele.

Great Physician.... Jer. viii. 22.

DEEP are the wounds which sin has made;

Where shall the sinner find a cure?

In vain, alas, is nature's aid;

The work exceeds all nature's pow'r.
2 Sin, like a raging fever, reigns:
With fatal strength in ev'ry part;
The dire contagion fills the veins,
And spreads its poison to the heart.
3 And can no sov'reign balm be found?
And is no kind Physician nigh,

To ease the pain, and heal the wound,
Ere life and hope forever fly?

'4 There is a great Physician near;
Look up, O fainting soul, and live;