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CHRISTIAN EXERCISES.
2 With feeble light, and half obscure,
Poor mortals thy arrangements view,
Not knowing that the least are sure,
And the mysterious just and true.
3 Thy flock, thy own peculiar care,
Though now they seem to roam uneyed
Are led or driven only where
They best and safest may abide.
4 They neither know nor trace the way,
But, trusting to thy piercing eye,
None of their feet to ruin stray,
Nor shall the weakest fail or die.
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Faith conquering.
1 DISH, O my soul, pursue the path
lx By ancient heroes trod ;
Aspiring, view those holy men
Who lived and walked with God.
2 Though dead, they speak in reason’s ear,
And in example live:
Their faith, and hope, and mighty deeds,
Still fresh instruction give.
3 ’Twas through the Lamb’s most precious
blood,
They conquered every foe ;
And to his power and matchless grace,
Their crowns and honors owe.
4 Lord, may I ever keep in view
The patterns thou hast given,
And ne’er forsake the blessed road
Which led them safe to heaven.
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