6 Then shall my cheerful spirit sing
The darksome hours away,
And rise on faith's expanded wing
To everlasting day.

478. The benefits of Affliction. 8—7—4.

I know, O LORD, that thy judgments are right, and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me. PSALM cxix. 75.

IN the floods of tribulation,

While the billows o'er me roll,
JESUS whispers consolation,
And supports my fainting soul:
Hallelujah,

Hallelujah, praise the LORD.

2 [* Thus, the lion yields me honey, From the eater food is given, Strengthen'd thus I still press forward, Singing as I pass to heaven,"Sweet affliction,"

And my sins are all forgiv'n.]

3 So, in darkest dispensations,
Doth my faithful LORD appear,
With his richest consolations,
To re-animate and cheer:
66 "Sweet affliction,"

Thus to bring my SAVIOUR near.

* Judg. xiv. 14.

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4. In the sacred page recorded of wond Thus the word securely stands, A Fear not, I'm in trouble near thee, Nought shall pluck thee from my 1 hands:

Hallelujah,

Every word my love demands. ¡f

5 All I meet I find assists me

In my path to heav'nly joy;
There, tho' trials now attend me,
They shall never more annoy;
Hallelujah,

Hallelujah, Praise the LORD.] E

6 Bless'd there with a weight of glory, Still the path I'll ne'er forget,A But, exulting, cry, it led me To my blessed SAVIOUR's seat "Sweet affliction,"

Which has brought to JESU's feet.

479. Christian Meeting. L. M.

Where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.-MAT. xviii. 20.

KINDRED in CHRIST, for his dear sake, A welcome in his name received W May we together now partaked W The joys which he alone can give.

2 [To you and me by grace 'tis given
To know the SAVIOUR's precious name;
And shortly we shall meet in heaven,
Our hope, our way, our end the same.]
3 May he, by whose kind care we meet,
Send his good Spirit from above,
Make our communications sweet,
And cause our hearts to burn with love.
4 Forgotten be each worldly theme,
When Christians meet together thus;
We'd only wish to speak of him,
Who liv'd, and died, and reigns for us.
5 [We'll talk of all he did and said,
And suffer'd for us here below;
The path he mark'd for us to tread,
And what he's doing for us now.]

6 Thus, as the moments pass away,
We'll love, and wonder, and adore:
And hasten to the glorious day,
When we shall meet to part no more.

480. Christian Meeting. 7s.

Teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the LORD.-COL. iii. 16.

SWEET the time, exceeding sweet,
When the saints together meet;
When the SAVIOUR is the theme,
When they joy to sing of him!

2 Sing we then, eternal love,
Such as did the Father move;
He beheld the world undone, me
Lov'd the world, and gave his Son.

3 Sing the Son's amazing love;
How he left the realms above,
Took our nature and our place,
Liv'd and died to save our race.

4 Sing we too the Spirit's love;
With our wretched hearts he strove,
Brought salvation to our view,
And our souls to JESUS drew.

5 Sweet the place, exceeding sweet,
Where the saints in glory meet;
Where the SAVIOUR'S still the theme,
Where they see and sing of him!/

481. Christian Meeting. L.M.

Then they that feared the LORD spake often one to another.-MAL. iii. 16.

WHY should believers when they meet,
Not speak of CHRIST, the king they own,
Who gives them hope that they shall sit
With him for ever on his throne?

2 Is any other name so great

As his who bore the sinner's load?
Is any subject half so sweet,
So various as the love of GOD?

3 'Tis this that charms reluctant man,
That makes his opposition cease; r
Beholding love's amazing plan,
He drops his arms and sues for peace.]

4 'Twas so with us, we once were foes,
Were foes to him who gave us breath;
But he whose mercy freely flows,
Has sav'd us from eternal death.

5 We look with hope to that great day,!
When JESUS will with clouds appear;
A sight of him will well repay
Our labours and our sorrows here.
6 Of him then let us speak and sing,
Whose glory we expect to share:
In heav'n we shall behold our King,
And yield a nobler tribute there.

482. Christian Meeting. L.M.

Exhorting one another; and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.-HEB. X. 25.

WHILE in the world we still remain, We meet, yet soon must part again; But when we reach that heav'nly shore, We then shall meet to part no more. 2 The hope that we shall see that day Should chase our present griefs away; A few short years of conflict past, We meet around the throne at last.