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CHRISTIAN EXERCISES.
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In distress longing for deliverance.
1 \ X 7 HILE sorrows encompass me round,
VV And endless distresses I see,
Astonished, I ciy, can a mortal be found
Surrounded with troubles like me ?
2 Few minutes in praise I enjoy,
And they are succeeded by pain ;
If a moment in praising of God I employ,
I have hcurs again to complain.
3 Oh ! when shall my sorrows subside ?
Oh! when shall my sufferings cease ?
Oh ! when to the bosom of Christ be conveyed
To the regions of glory and peace ?
4 O may I, prepared for that day,
When Christ shall descend from above,
Be filled with his presence, go shouting away
To the arms of my heavenly love.
5 The spirit to glory conveyed,
My body laid low in the ground,
I wish not a tear on my grave to be shed,
But all join in praising around.
6 No sorrow be vented that day,
When Jesus has called me home,
But,singing and shouting,let each brother say
‘He's gone from the evil to come.’
B83 C. M.
The path to heaven lies through a maze.
I | ORD, what a wretched land is this,
L* That yields us no supply.
No cheering fruits, no wholesome trees,
No streams of living joy I
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