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CHRISTIAN EXERCISES.
The sighing ones that humbly seek
In sorrowing paths below,
Shall in eternity rejoice,
Where endless comforts flow.
3 Soon will the toilsome strife be o’er,
Of sublunary care;
And life’s dull vanities no more
This anxious breast ensnare.
Courage, my soul ! on God rely,
Deliv’rance soon will come;
A thousand ways has Providence
To bring believers home.
i Ere first I drew this vital breath,
From nature’s prison free,
Crosses in number, measure, weight,
Were written, Lord, for me:
But thou, my shepherd, friend, and guide
Hast led me kindly on—
Taught me to rest my fainting head
On Christ, the ‘corner stone.’
5 So comforted, and so sustained,
With dark events I strove,
And found them, rightly understood,
All messengers of love :
With silent and submissive awe,
Adored a chastening God,
Revered the terrors of his law,
And humbly kissed the rod.
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The beggar’s plea made before the Lord.
1 ENCOURAGED by thy word
E Of promise to the poor,