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THE

sun that lights the world shall fade, The stars shall pass away;

And I, a child immortal made,

Shall witness their decay.

2 Yes, I shall live when they are dead,
Though now so bright they shine;
When earth and all it holds have fled,
Eternity is mine.

3 For I can never, never die,

While God himself remains;
But I must live in heaven on high,
Or where deep darkness reigns.

4 If heaven and hell ne'er pass away,
To Christ, O let me flee;

If pain be hard for one short day,
What must forever be!

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The New Jerusalem.

JERUSALEM! my happy home!

dear to me!

C. M.

When shall my labours have an end,
In joy, and peace, and thee?

20 when, thou city of my God,
Shall I thy courts ascend;
Where congregations ne'er break up,
And Sabbaths have no end?

3 There happier bowers than Eden's bloom Nor sin nor sorrow know:

Blest seats! through rude and stormy

scenes,

I onward press to you.

4 Why should I shrink at pain and wo,
Or feel, at death, dismay?
I've Canaan's goodly land in view,
And realms of endless day.

5 Apostles, martyrs, prophets, there
Around my Saviour stand;
And soon my friends in Christ below
Will join the glorious band.

6 Jerusalem! my happy home!
My soul still pants for thee;
Then shall my labours have an end,
When I thy joys shall see.

MORNING.

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BEHOLD once more the morning sun,

How shining bright and gay

Cheerful I'll leave my peaceful bed,
And read, and sing, and pray.

2 Through Jesus' kind indulgent care,
In peace I laid me down;

And 'tis his soft, bright beams of love
My waking moments crown.

3 No sad alarm my slumbers broke,
No terror, fear, or dread;

No sickness seized my tender frame,
Nor flames came round my bed.

4 Lord! condescend to teach a child
To praise the Saviour's love;
O, let me live to thee below,
And dwell with thee above.

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Morning Hymn.

C. M.

THROUGH all the dangers of the night,
Preserved, O Lord! by thee;

Again we hail the cheerful light,
Again we bow the knee.

2 Preserve us, Lord! throughout the day, And guide us by thy arm;

For they are safe, and only they,
Whom thou dost keep from harm.
3 Let all our words, and all our ways,
Declare that we are thine,

That so the light of truth and grace
Before the world may shine.

4 Let us ne'er turn away from thee;
Dear Saviour, hold us fast,

Till, with immortal eyes, we see
Thy glorious face at last.

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Morning Hymn.

C. M.

THE morning breaks; my voice I raise
To thee, great God above;

Accept my prayer, my feeble praise,
In kindness and in love.

2 Forgive the crimes that I have done;
My follies I deplore;

And since another day's begun, may I love thee more.

3 Preserve me from all ill, I pray,
And guide me with thine eye,

And grant through every hour I may
On grace divine rely.