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CHRISTIAN EXERCISES.

393 C. M.
Affliction caused by sin.
1 1\ T OT from the dust affliction grows,
1 ' Nor troubles rise by chance;
Yet we are born to care and woes—
A sad inheritance!
2 As sparks break out from burning coals,
And still are upwards borne,
So grief is rooted in our souls,
And man grows up to mourn.
3 Yet with my God I leave my cause,
And trust his promised grace;
He rules me by his well-known law’s
Of love and righteousness.
4 Not all the pains that e’er I bore
Shall spoil my future peace ;
For death and hell can do no more
Than what my Father please.

ADMONITION AND ENCOURAGE­
MENT.

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‘Lovett thou me
1 T T ARK, my soul, it is the Eord;
11 ’Tis the Saviour, hear his word;
Jesus speaks, and speaks to thee,
‘Say, poor sinner, lov’st thou me ?’
2 ‘I delivered thee when bound
And when wounded, healed thy wound,
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