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K GLORIES OF CHRIST.
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Christ a divine treasure.
1 TESUS is all I wish or want,
For him I pray, I thirst, I pant;
Let others after earth aspire,
Christ is the treasure I desire.
2 Possessed of him, I ask no more;
He is an all-sufficient store;
To praise him all my powers conspire—
Christ is the treasure I desire.
3 If he his smiling face but hide,
My soul no comfort has beside;
Distressed I after him inquire—
Christ is the treasure I desire.
4 [And while my heart is racked with pain,
Jesus appears and smiles again :
Why should my Saviour thus retire?
Christ is the treasure I desire.
6 Come, humble souls, and view his charms.
Take refuge in his saving arms,
And sing, while you his worth admire,
Christ is the Saviour I desire.
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Christ the one thing needful.
1 I ESUS, engrave it on my heart,
That thou the one thing needful art;
I could from all things parted be,
But never, never, Lord, from thee!
2 Needful art thou to make me live;
Needful art thou all grace to give;
Needful to guard me, lest I stray;
Needful to help me every dav-
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