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LXXXVI. C. M. DODDRIDGE.

Christ's Intercession typified by Aaron's Breast plate. Exodus xxviii. 29.

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OW let our cheerful eyes survey
Our great high priest above,

And celebrate his constant care,
And sympathetic love..

2 Though rais'd to a superior throne,
Where angels bow aroun,
And high o'er all the shining traini
With matchless honours crown'd;
3 The names of all his saints he bears,
Deep graven on his heart;

Nor shall the meanest christian say
That he hath lost his part.

4 Those characters slrall fair abide,
Our everlasting trust,

When gems, and monuments, and crowns
Are moulder'd down to dust.

5 So gracious Saviour, on my breast,
May thy dear name be worn,
A sacred ornament and guard,
To endless ages borne.

AN OBJECT OF PRAISE.
LXXXVII. C. M. DODDridge.
The condescending Grace of Christ.
Mat. xx. 28.

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AVIOUR of men, and Lord of love,
How sweet thy gracious name!
With joy that errand we review,
On which thy mercy came.

2 While all thy own angelic bands,
Stood waiting on the wing,

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Charm'd with the honor to obey
Their great eternal King;

3 For us, mean, wretched, sinful men,
Thou laid'st thy glory by;

First in our mortal flesh to serve,
Then in that flesh to die.

4 Bought with thy service and thy blood,
We doubly, Lord, are thine;

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To thee our lives we would devote
To thee our death resign.

LXXXVIII.

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The exalted Saviour.

OW let us raise our cheerful strains, And join the blissful choir above; There our exalted Saviour reigns,

And there they sing his wondrous love.
2 While seraphs tune th' immortal song,
O may we feel the sacred flame;
And ev'ry heart and ev'ry tongue
Adore the Saviour's glorious name!

3 Jesus, who once upon the tree
In agonizing pains expir'd;
Who dy'd for rebels-yes, 'tis he!

How bright! how lovely! how admir'd!
4 Jesus, who dy'd that we might live,
Dy'd in the wretched traitor's place ;-
O what returns can mortals give,
For such immeasurable grace?

5. Were universal nature ours,

And art with all her boasted støre ; Nature and art with all their powers, Would still confess the offering poor!

6 Yet though for bounty so divine,
We ne'er can equal honours raise,

Jesus, may all our hearts be thine,
And all our tongues proclaim thy praise!

CHARACTERS AND REPRESENTATIONS OF CHRIST.

LXXXIX. L. M. Doddridge.

Noah preserved in the Ark, and the Believer in Christ. 1 Pet. iii. 20, 21.

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'HE deluge at th' Almighty's call, In what impetuous streams it fell! Swallow'd the mountains in its rage, And swept a guilty world to hell.

2 In vain the tallest sons of pride

Fled from the close-pursuing wave!
Nor could their mightiest towers defend,
Nor swiftness 'scape, nor courage save.
3 How dire the wreck! how loud the roar!
How shrill the universal cry

Of millions in the last despair,
Re-echo'd from the lowering sky!

4 Yet Noah, humble happy saint,
Surrounded with the chosen few,
Sat in his ark, secure from fear,

And sang the grace that steer'd him thro'. 5 So I may sing, in Jesus safe,

While storms of vengeance round me fall, Conscious how high my hopes are fix'd, Beyond this trembling earthly ball.

6 My soul in Christ securely waits,

Nor can she leave that safe retreat; Till the wide flood, which buries earth, Shall waft her to a heavenly seat.

7 Nor wreck nor ruin there is seen; There not a wave of trouble rolls;

But the bright rainbow round the throne
Seals endless life to ransom'd souls.

ADVOCATE.

XC, L. M. RIPPON'S SELEC
Advocate. 1 John ii. 1.

WHERE is my God? does he retire

Beyond the reach of humble sighs?
Are these weak breathings of desire,
Too languid to ascend the skies?
2 No, Lord, the breathings of desire,
The weak petition if sincere,
Is not forbidden to aspire,

But reaches thy all-gracious ear.

3 Look up, my soul, with cheerful eye,
See where the great Redeemer stands,
The glorious advocate on high,

With precious incense in his hands. 4 He sweetens ev'ry humble groan,

He recommends each broken pray'r;
Recline thy hope on him alone,

Whose pow'r and love forbid despair.
5 Teach my weak heart, O gracious Lord,
With stronger faith to call thee mine;
Bid me pronounce the blissful word,
My Father, God, with joy divine.

BRAZEN SERPENT.

XCI L. M. RIPPON'S SELEC.
Brazen Serpent. Numb. xxi. 8, 9.
VHEN'Isra'l's grieving tribes complain'
With fiery serpents greatly pain'd,

A serpent straight the prophet made
Of molten brass to view display'd.

2 Around the fainting crowds attend,
To heav'n their mournful sighs ascend;
They hope, they look, while from the pole
Descends a pow'r that makes them whole.
3 But, O, what healing to the heart
Doth our Redeemer's cross impart!
What life, by faith, our souls receive!
What pleasures do his sorrows give!
4 Still may I view the Saviour's crass,
And other objects count but loss;
Here still be fix'd my feasted eyes,
Enraptur'd with his sacrifice!

5 Jesus the Saviour! balmy name! Thy worth my tongue would now proclaim; By thy atonement set me free,

My life my hope is all from thee.

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BREAD OF LIFE.

XCII. L. M. FAWCETT.

Bread of Life

Jokn vi. 35, 48.

EPRAVED minds on ashes feed,

Nor love, nor seek for heav'nly bread; They choose the husks which swine do eat, Or meanly crave the serpent's meat.

2 Jesus, thou art the living bread,
By which our needy souls are fed :
In thee alone thy children find
Enough to fill the empty mind.

3 Without this bread, I starve and die;
No other can my need supply:
But this will suit my wretched case,
Abroad, at home, in every place.
4 'Tis this relieves the hungry poor,
Who ask for bread at mercy's door,

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