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THE FUTURE PEACE AND GLORY OF THE CHURCH.

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My soul, there is a country

Afar beyond the stars,

Where stands a winged sentry,

All skilful in the wars.

There, above noise and danger,

Sweet Peace sits crowned with smiles,

And One born in a manger

Commands the beauteous files.

He is thy gracious friend,

And (O my soul awake!)

Did in pure love descend,

To die here for thy sake.

If thou canst get but thither,

There grows the flower of peace

The rose that cannot wither

Thy fortress, and thy ease. Leave, then, thy foolish ranges; For none can thee secure,

But One who never changes

Thy God, thy Life, thy Cure.

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WHEN I can read my title clear

To mansions in the skies, I'll bid farewell to ev'ry fear,

And wipe my weeping eyes.

Should earth against my soul engage,
And hellish darts be hurled,
Then I can smile at Satan's rage,
And face a frowning world.

Let cares like a wild deluge come,
And storms of sorrow fall-
May I but safely reach my home,
My God, my heaven, my all!
There shall I bathe my weary soul
In seas of heavenly rest,
And not a wave of trouble roll
Across my peaceful breast.

ISAAC WATTS.

THE FUTURE PEACE AND GLORY OF THE CHURCH.

HEAR What God the Lord hath spoken:
"O my people, faint and few,
Comfortless, afflicted, broken,
Fair abodes I build for you;
Thorns of heartfelt tribulation

Shall no more perplex your ways;
You shall name your walls salvation,
And your gates shall all be praise.

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Though the sickening flocks should fall, And, lest our feet should step astray,

And the herds desert the stall

Should Thine altered hand restrain
The early and the latter rain,
Blast each opening bud of joy,
And the rising year destroy;

Protect and guide us in the way.

Make us eternal truths receive, And practise all that we believe; Give us Thyself, that we may see The Father, and the Son, by Thee.

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