HOW happy are they
5 5 9, 5 5 9.
1 HOW happy are they
Who the Saviour obey,
And have laid up their treasure above!
Tongue cannot express
The sweet comfort and peace
Of a soul in its earliest love.
2 That comfort was mine,
When the favour divine
I first found in the blood of the Lamb;
When my heart it believed,
What a joy it received,
What a heaven in J ...read
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HOW happy are we
5 5 9, 5 5 9.
1 HOW happy are we
Who in Jesus agree
To expect his return from above!
We sit under our Vine,
And delightfully join
In the praise of his excellent love.
2 How pleasant and sweet,
In his name when we meet,
Is his fruit to our spiritual taste!
We are banqueting here
On angelical cheer,
And the joys that eternally last.
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HOW happy is the pilgrim's lot!
8s & 6s.
1 HOW happy is the pilgrim's lot!
How free from every anxious thought,
From worldly hope and fear!
Confined to neither court nor cell,
His soul disdains on earth to dwell,
He only sojourns here.
2 This happiness in part is mine,
Already saved from self-design,
From every creature-love;
Blest with the scorn of finite good,
My ...read
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HOW happy, gracious Lord! are we
8s & 6s.
1 HOW happy, gracious Lord! are we
Divinely drawn to follow thee,
Whose hours divided are
Betwixt the mount and multitude;
Our day is spent in doing good,
Our night in praise and prayer.
2 With us no melancholy void,
No period lingers unemployed,
Or unimproved, below;
Our weariness of life is gone,
Who live to serve our God a ...read
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HOW long wilt thou forget me, Lord?
L.M. Psalm xiii.
1 HOW long wilt thou forget me, Lord?
Wilt thou for ever hide thy face?
Leave me unchanged, and unrestored,
An alien from the life of grace?
2 How long shall l inquire within,
And seek thee in my heart, in vain,
Vexed with the dire remains of sin,
Galled with the tyrant's iron chain?
3 How long shall Satan's rage p ...read
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How lovely are thy tents, O Lord!
6-8s. Psalm lxxxiv.
1 How lovely are thy tents, O Lord!
Where'er thou choosest to record
Thy name, or place thy house of prayer,
My soul outflies the angel-choir,
And faints, o'erpowered with strong desire,
To meet thy special presence there.
2 Happy the men to whom 'tis given
To dwell within that gate of heaven,
And in thy house rec ...read
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HOW pleasant, how divinely fair,
L.M.
1 HOW pleasant, how divinely fair,
O Lord of hosts, thy dwellings are!
With strong desire my spirit faints
To meet the assemblies of thy saints.
2 Blest are the saints that sit on high,
Around thy throne of majesty;
Thy brightest glories shine above,
And all their work is praise and love.
3 Blest are the souls that find a place ...read
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HOW sad our state by nature is!
C.M. Mark ix. 24.
1 HOW sad our state by nature is!
Our sin, how deep it stains!
And Satan binds our captive souls
Fast in his slavish chains.
2 But hark! a voice of sovereign grace
Sounds from the sacred word;
"Ho, ye despairing sinners, come,
And trust upon the Lord!"
3 My soul obeys the Almighty's call,
And runs to this relief ...read
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HOW shall a lost sinner in pain
8s.
1 HOW shall a lost sinner in pain
Recover his forfeited peace?
When brought into bondage again,
What hope of a second release?
Will mercy itself be so kind
To spare such a rebel as me?
And O! can I possibly find
Such plenteous redemption in thee?
2 O Jesus! of thee I inquire,
If still thou art able to save?
The brand to pluck out ...read
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HOW shall I walk my God to please,
8s & 6s. For the same.
1 HOW shall I walk my God to please,
And spread content and happiness
O'er all beneath my care?
A pattern to my household give,
And as a guardian angel live,
As Jesu's messenger?
2 The opposite extremes I see,
Remissness and severity,
And know not how to shun
The precipice on either hand,
While in the narrow p ...read
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HOW weak the thoughts, and vain,
2-6s & 4-7s.
1 HOW weak the thoughts, and vain,
Of self-deluding men!
Men who, fixed to earth alone,
Think their houses shall endure,
Fondly call their lands their own,
To their distant heirs secure.
2 How happy then are we,
Who build, O Lord, on thee?
What can our foundation shock?
Though the shattered earth remove,
Stands our city o ...read
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I AND my house will serve the Lord:
8s & 6s. For the same.
1 I AND my house will serve the Lord:
But first obedient to his word
I must myself appear;
By actions, words, and tempers show,
That I my heavenly Master know,
And serve with heart sincere.
2 I must the fair example set;
From those that on my pleasure wait
The stumbling-block remove;
Their duty by my life explain ...read
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I ASK the gift of righteousness,
C.M.
1 I ASK the gift of righteousness,
The sin-subduing power,
Power to believe, and go in peace,
And never grieve thee more.
2 I ask the blood-bought pardon sealed,
The liberty from sin,
The grace infused, the love revealed,
The kingdom fixed within.
3 Thou hear'st me for salvation pray,
Thou seest my heart's desire;
Made ready ...read
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I KNOW in whom I have believed,
L.M. "I know whom I have believed, and am," &c. 2 Timothy i, 12.
1 I KNOW in whom I have believed,
Who, when this precious faith he gave,
My soul into his hands received,
And bade me trust his power to save:
His Spirit doth my heart assure,
That what I still to him commend
His constant love shall keep secure,
Till faith filled up in sight ...read
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I KNOW that my Redeemer lives, And
C.M.
1 I KNOW that my Redeemer lives,
And ever prays for me;
A token of his love he gives,
A pledge of liberty.
2 I find him lifting up my head,
He brings salvation near,
His presence makes me free indeed,
And he will soon appear.
3 He wills that I should holy be,
What can withstand his will?
The counsel of his grace in me
He sure ...read
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I LONG to behold Him arrayed
8s.
1 I LONG to behold Him arrayed
With glory and light from above,
The King in his beauty displayed,
His beauty of holiest love:
I languish and sigh to be there,
Where Jesus hath fixed his abode;
O when shall we meet in the air,
And fly to the mountain of God!
2 With him I on Zion shall stand,
(For Jesus hath spoken the word)
The bre ...read
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I PRAISE thee, Lord, who o'er my foes
L.M. Psalm xxx.
1 I PRAISE thee, Lord, who o'er my foes
Hast raised my head in triumph high,
Not slow to mark my secret woes,
Not deaf to my desponding cry.
I praise thee, Lord; my heart was faint,
My feet were sinking to the grave,
But thou wast nigh to hear my plaint,
To hear, to heal me, and to save.
2 A moment, and thine anger dies ...read
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I SEEK the kingdom first,
S.M. Matthew vi. 33.
1 I SEEK the kingdom first,
The gracious joy and peace;
Thou know'st I hunger, Lord, and thirst
After thy righteousness;
My chief and sole desire
Thine image to regain,
And then to join the heavenly choir,
And with thine ancients reign.
2 My God will add the rest,
Will outward good provide;
But with thy kingdom i ...read
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I SEEM desirous to repent,
C.M. Philippians ii. 13.
1 I SEEM desirous to repent,
But cannot without thee
Soften this hard heart, or lament
My own obduracy;
Gladly I would thy word believe,
My dear Redeemer know,
But neither can rejoice, nor grieve,
Till thou the power bestow.
2 I would more sensibly distressed,
Throughout this evil day
Struggle to utter my requ ...read
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I SEEM desirous to repent,
C.M. Philippians ii. 13.
1 I SEEM desirous to repent,
But cannot without thee
Soften this hard heart, or lament
My own obduracy;
Gladly I would thy word believe,
My dear Redeemer know,
But neither can rejoice, nor grieve,
Till thou the power bestow.
2 I would more sensibly distressed,
Throughout this evil day
Struggle to utter my requ ...read
