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249.

MRS. STEELE

Example of Christ.

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!

3 O how benevolent and kind!
How mild! how ready to forgive!
Be his the temper of our mind,
And his 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!

5 Dispensing good where'er he came,
The labors of his life were love:
If then we love the Saviour's name,
Let his divine example move.

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250.

W. ROSCOE.

The Golden Rule.

1 THUS said Jesus: "Go and do
As thou wouldst be done unto ";
Here thy perfect duty see,

All that God requires of thee.

2 Wouldst thou, when thy faults are known, Wish that pardon should be shown? Be forgiving, then, and do

As thou wouldst be done unto.

3 Should thou helpless be and poor, Wouldst thou not for aid implore? Think of others, then, and be

What thou wouldst they should to thee.

4 For compassion if thou call,
Be compassionate to all;
If thou wouldst affection find,
Be affectionate and kind.

5 If thou wouldst obtain the love
Of thy gracious God above,
Then to all his children be

What thou wouldst they should to thee.

1 BEHOLD, the blind their sight receive!
Behold, the dead awake and live!

The dumb speak wonders! and the lame
Leap like the hart, and bless his name!

2 Thus doth the eternal Spirit own
And seal the mission of his Son;
The Father vindicates his cause,
While he hangs bleeding on the cross.

3 He dies! the heavens in mourning stood;
He rises! and appears with God:
Behold the Lord ascending high,
No more to bleed, no more to die!

4 Hence and for ever from my heart
I bid my doubts and fears depart;
And to those hands my soul resign,
Which bear credentials so divine.

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252.

DODDRIDGE, ALT.

"I am the door." John x. 9.

1 AWAKE, our souls! and bless His name,
Whose mercies never fail;
Who opens wide a door of hope,
In life's o'ershadowed vale.

2 Behold the portal wide displayed!
The walls how strong and fair!
Within are pastures fresh and green,
And living streams are there.

3 Enter, my soul, with cheerful haste,
For Jesus is the door :

Enter, and roam or rest, in peace,
And dwell for evermore.

4 O may thy grace the nations lead, And Jews and Gentiles come,

All travelling, through one beauteous gate, To one eternal home!

The Example of Jesus Christ.

1 My dear Redeemer and my Lord,

I read my duty in thy word;
But in thy life the law appears
Drawn out in living characters.

2 Such was thy truth, and such thy zeal,
Such deference to thy Father's will,
Such love, and meekness so divine,
I would transcribe, and make them mine.

3 Cold mountains and the midnight air
Witnessed the fervor of thy prayer;
The desert thy temptations knew,
Thy conflict, and thy victory too.

4 Be thou my pattern; may I bear
More of thy gracious image here;
Then God, the Judge, shall own my name
Amongst the followers of the Lamb.

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254.

ANONYMOUS.

"I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life."

1 THOU art the Way; and he who sighs,
Amid this starless waste of woe,

To find a pathway to the skies,
A light from heaven's eternal glow,

2 By thee must come, thou Gate of Love, Through which the saints undoubting trod; Till faith discovers, like the dove,

An ark, a resting-place in God.

3 Thou art the Truth, whose steady day Beams on through earthly blight and bloom: The pure, the everlasting Ray,

The Lamp that shines e'en in the tomb.

4 Thou art the Life, the blessed Well,
With living waters gushing o'er,

Which those that drink shall ever dwell
Where sin and thirst are known no more.

5 Thou art the guiding Pillar given,
Our Lamp by night, our Light by day;
Thou art the Sacred Bread from heaven;
Thou art the Life, the Truth, the Way.

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255.

EPISCOPAL COL.

"I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life."

1 THOU art the Way: by thee alone
From sin and death we flee;

And they who would the Father seek
Must seek him, Lord, by thee.

2 Thou art the Truth: thy word alone
True wisdom can impart;

Thou only canst inform the mind,
And purify the heart.

3 Thou art the Life; the rending tomb
Proclaims thy conquering arm,

And those who put their trust in thee
Nor death nor hell shall harm.

4 Thou art the Way, the Truth, the Life:
Grant us that way to know,
That truth to keep, that life to win,
Whose joys eternal flow.

Not ashamed of Jesus.

1 JESUS, and can it ever be,

A mortal man ashamed of thee?
Scorned be the thought by rich and poor;
My soul shall scorn it more and more.