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CONVICTION AND CONVERSION.
Straight he saw—and won by kindness,
Followed Jesus in the way.
3 Now methinks I hear him praising,
Publishing to all around,
‘ Friends, is not my case amazing?
What a Saviour I have found !
O that all the blind but knew him,
Or would be advised by me :
Sure if they were brought unto him,
He would cause them all to see.
4 ‘ Now I gladly leave my garments,
Follow Jesus in the way ;
He’ll direct me by his counsel,
Bring me to eternal day;
There I shall behold my Saviour,
Spotless, innocent and pure;
There to reign with him forever,
For his promises are sure.’
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The Star of Itethleliem.
1 XX ZHEN marshalled on the nightly plain.
VV The glitteringhost illumed the sky ;
One star alone of all the train,
Can fix the sinner’s wandering eye.
2 Hark ! hark ! to God the chorus breaks,
From every host, from every gem ;
But one alone the Saviour speaks,
It is the Star of Bethlehem.
3 Once on the raging seas I rode,
The storm was loud, the night was dark
The ocean yawned, and rudely belowd
The wind that tossed my foundering bark
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