2 Jesus gives us pure affections,

Helps us do what he commands;
Makes us follow his directions,

Gives us willing feet and hands.
All our prayers, and all cur praises,
We should offer in his name:
He who dictates them is Jesus;
He who answers is the same.

3 Lamb of God, we fall before thee,
Humbly trusting in thy cross;
That alone be all our glory,

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All things else we count but loss. Thee we own a perfect Saviour, Endless source of joy and love; Grant us, Lord, thy constant favour, Till we reign with thee above.

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Christ our King.

L.M.

JESUS
US shall reign where'er the sun

Does his successive journeys run; His kingdom stretch from shore to shore, Till suns shall rise and set no more.

2 For him shall endless prayer be made,
And endless praises crown his head;
His name, like sweet perfume, shall rise
With every morning sacrifice.

3 People and realms of every tongue
Dwell on his love with sweetest song;
And infant voices shall proclaim
Their early blessings on his name.
4 Let every creature rise and bring
Peculiar honours to our King;
Angels descend with songs again,
And earth repeat the loud amen.

107 Christ's Love to the Young. C. M.

WHEN the Redeemer left his throne,

And dwelt with men below;

It was his glorious work to bless,
And happiness bestow.

2 The poor and wretched claimed his aid,
Nor sought relief in vain;

When parents owned his gracious help,
He blessed their infant train.

3 And now, though Jesus reigns above,
He makes the young his care;
And helpless children still he owns,
And they his goodness share.

4 Now we are taught to read that word
Which makes the foolish wise;
O may we know a Saviour's name,
And learn his worth to prize.

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Children Blessed.

C. M.

1 HOW happy those dear children were

Whom the Redeemer blessed;

Whom, when he breathed that fervent prayer. He folded to his breast.

2 How powerful was that prayer to bring,
All blessings from above;

How true to lead them to the spring
Of everlasting love.

3 How mighty to preserve from sin,
And every dangerous snare;

Often I've wished that I had been
Among the children there.

4 But thanks to that Almighty Friend,
He is the same to-day,

As when he thus refused to send
Those babes unblessed away.

5 And he has made his covenant broad,To all who seek his face,

He'll be a Saviour and a God,
And fill them with his grace.

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The Coming of Christ.

WHY did Christ my Lord appear,

Why to sinners thus draw near?
Why his glories veiling thus?
Was it not in love to us?

O what matchless grace to deign,
Thus to stoop my heart to gain!
Thus to live and love, and die!
Oh! thou blessed Jesus, why?
2 While I sing the Saviour's birth,
(Heaven rejoice, and triumph earth!)
I will love and serve him more,
And his grace to me adore!
Like the shepherds on the plain,
Listen to the heavenly strain;
Glory be to God again,

Peace on earth-good-will to men!

110 Lovest thou me? HARK, my soul! it is the Lord

'Tis thy Saviour, hear his word; Jesus speaks, and speaks to thee: "Say, poor sinner, lovest thou me? 2 "I delivered thee when bound, And when wounded healed thy wound Sought thee wandering, set thee right, Turned thy darkness into light,

4 Mine is an unchanging love,
Higher than the heights above;
Deeper than the depths beneath,
Free and faithful, strong as death.
5 Thou shall see my glory soon,
When the work of grace is done;
Partner of my throne shalt be;
Say, poor sinner, lovest thou me?"
6 Lord, it is my chief complaint,
That my love is weak and faint;
Yet I love thee and adore;

O for grace to love thee more!

C. M.

111 Christ's Nativity.
MORTALS, awake, with angels join,

And chant the solemn lay;

Joy, love, and gratitude combine
To hail the auspicious day.
2 Wrapt in the silence of the night,
The world in darkness lay,
When sudden, glorious, heavenly light
Burst in a flood of day.

3 Hark! the cherubic armies shout,
And glory leads the song:

Good will and peace are heard throughout
The harmonious heavenly throng.

40 for a glance of heavenly love,
Our hearts and songs to raise!
Sweetly to bear our souls above,
And mingle with their lays.

5 With joy the chorus we'll repeat,
"Glory to God on high;

Good will and peace are now complete,
Jesus was born to die."

6 Hail, Prince of life, for ever hail! Redeemer, Brother, Friend!

Though earth, and time, and life shall fail, Thy praise shall never end. 112 Christian Example of Benevolence. L. M. 1 AND is the gospel peace and love?

Such let our conversation be;

The serpent blended with the dove,
Wisdom and meek simplicity.

2 Whene'er the angry passions rise,

And tempt our thoughts or tongues to strife, On Jesus let us fix our eyes,

Bright pattern of the Christian life.

30 how benevolent and kind!

How mild! how ready to forgive! Be this the temper of our mind, And these the rules by which we live. 4 To do his heavenly Father's will Was his employment and delight: Humility and holy zeal

Shone through his life divinely bright.

Star of the east! the horizon adorning,

Guide where our infant Redeemer is laid. 2 Cold on his cradle the dew-drops are shin

ing,

Low lies his head with the beasts of the
stall:

Angels, adore him in slumber reclining,
Maker, and Monarch, and Saviour of all.