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CHRISTIAN EXERCISES.
5 I see thy face, I hear thy voice,
And taste thy sweetest love ;
My soul doth leap, but O for wings,
The wings of Noah’s dove !
Then would I fly far hence away,
And leave this world of sin ;
Then would my Lord put forth his hand,
And kindly take me in.
6 Then would my soul with angels feast.
On joys that ever last ;
Refined, full, and always sweet,
Delighting to the taste.
Bless’d be my God, the God of joys,
Who gives me here a crumb,
And fills my soul with earnest hope,
Till I arrive at home !
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God’s love manifested in calling Mu sheep.
1 T^HERE is a period known to God,
1 When all his sheep, redeemed by blood,
Shall leave the hateful ways of sin,
Turn to the fold and enter in.
2 At peace with hell, with God at war,
In sin’s dark maze they wander far ;
Indulge their lusts, and still go on,
As far from God as sheep can run.
3 But see, how heaven’s indulgent care
Attends their wanderings here and there,
Still hard at heel wher’er they stray,
With pricking thorns to hedge their way.
4 Glory to God ! they ne’er shall ro/e
Beyond the limits of his love.
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