To heaven they soar,
Sustained by God,

And through the road
His arm adore.

3 Ten thousand songs of praise
Shall by the Savior rise,
And through eternal days
Shall echo round the skies:
New shouts we'll give,
And loud proclaim
The honored name
By which we live.

1 BEHOLD, where in a mortal form
Appears each grace divine!
The virtues, all in Jesus met,

With mildest radiance shine.

ENFIELD.

2 To spread the rays of heavenly light,
To give the mourner joy,

To preach glad tidings to the poor,
Was his divine employ.

3 'Midst keen reproach and cruel scorn,
Patient and meek he stood;

His foes, ungrateful, sought his life;
He labored for their good.

4 In the last hour of deep distress,
Before his Father's throne,

With soul resigned, he bowed, and said, "Thy will, not mine, be done! "

5 Be Christ our Pattern and our Guide!
His image may we bear!

O, may we tread his holy steps,
His joy and glory share!

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MRS. STEELE.

The 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, To Jesus let us lift our eyes,

Bright Pattern of the Christian life.

3 O, 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.

5 Dispensing good where'er he came,
The labors of his life were love;
O, if we love the Savior's name,
Let his divine example move.

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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.

WATTS.

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; make me 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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Doddridge.

The Christian Warrior animated and crowned.

1 HARK! 'tis our heavenly Leader's voice, From his triumphant seat;

'Midst all the war's tumultuous noise, How powerful and how sweet!

2 "Fight on, my faithful band," he cries, "Nor fear the mortal blow;

Who first in such a warfare dies

Shall speediest victory know.

3 "I have my days of combat known,
And in the dust was laid;

But thence I mounted to my throne,
And glory crowns my head.

4 "That throne, that glory, you shall share ; My hands the crown shall give;

And you the sparkling honors wear
While God himself shall live."

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WATTS.

The Examples of Christ and the Saints.

1 GIVE me the wings of faith to rise
Within the veil, and see

The saints above, how great their joys,
And bright their glories be.

2 Once they were mourning here below,
And wet their couch with tears;
They wrestled hard, as we do now,
With sins, and doubts, and fears.

3 I ask them whence their victory came; They, with united breath,

Ascribe their conquest to the Lamb,
Their triumph to his death.

4 Our glorious Leader claims our praise,
For his own pattern given,
While the long cloud of witnesses
Show the same path to heaven.

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Praise for the Gospel. Ps. 98.

1 TO our Almighty Maker, God,
New honors be addressed;
His great salvation shines abroad,
And makes the nations blessed.

WATTS.

2 He spake the word to Abraham first;
His truth fulfils the grace;

The Gentiles make his name their trust,
And learn his righteousness.

3 Let the whole earth his love proclaim,
With all her different tongues,
And spread the honors of his name
In melody and songs.

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A blessed Gospel. Ps. 89.

WATTS.

1 BLEST are the souls that hear and know The gospel's joyful sound;

Peace shall attend the path they go,
And light their steps surround.

2 Their joy shall bear their spirits up
Through their Redeemer's name;
His righteousness exalts their hope,
Nor Satan dares condemn.

3 The Lord, our glory and defence,
Strength and salvation gives;
Israel, thy King forever reigns,
Thy God forever lives.