CHRIST OUR ASSURANCE OF HEAVEN.

MY

Jesus! thou art mine!

My life is all thy gift,

Thou gavest thine for me,
When on the cross uplift;
And I commit to thee,

To guard and keep and save,
The soul that from despair,
Thy death deliverance gave.

My Jesus! thou art mine!
I cannot be alone;
My life is all divine,

Supported by thine own.
If thou inspire my love,

O infinite delight!

When all my passions move,
In that ecstatic light!

In heaven, on earth, or hell,

'T were Paradise to be

Wherever I can tell

That thou didst die for me;

Oh, blissful joy to know

That I am wholly thine,

Self-will forever gone,

And Christ forever mine!

Still to Thy mercy-seat

My soul would fain retreat,

And there present her powerful plea,

The might of His dear name

Who bore my sin and shame,

The dying Lamb once slain for me.

There shall I find relief,

'Mid all my care and grief,

From unbelief and sin and shame :

The atmosphere of prayer

Shall be my native air;

And Christ in me shall live and reign.

ALWAYS LIVING, LORD, FOR THEE.

MAY Thy Love, my Lord, control

Every impulse of my soui;

And my bliss forever be,

In loving and obeying Thee;

To such love and duty won,

Through the Grace of Thy dear Son.

O the Heaven on earth to be
Always living, Lord, for Thee!
By Thy death from sin set free;
The prisoner of Love to be,
Imparadised with Liberty,
The liberty of serving Thee.

In each path of duty true,

The Will of Christ alone in view:

His sacred likeness still to share,

His yoke to bear,

His crown to wear,

Though in a world of sin and care!

"FOR YE ARE DEAD, AND YOUR LIFE IS

HID WITH CHRIST IN GOD."

WITH Christ in God"! Eternal life!

How wondrous, how divine!

Each letter of this blessed text

Doth with God's glory shine.
Dear child! be quiet with thy God;
He never can forsake

His own eternal perfect work,

Nor leave it to mistake.

His loving-kindness he 'll command

By day and all the night;
His song shall be thy saving health,
His love thy soul's delight.

Who kindled in thy restless heart
This sacred heavenly fire?
Who bade thy longing spirit burn
With such supreme desire?
If thou commit thy life to Christ,
It will be found in God,
In his eternal sunshine wrought
By his enduring Word.

Oh, day divine! Oh, glorious power!
Lord, give my soul to know
Some sure foreshining of this grace,
While struggling here below;
For now, alas! sin's rising gloom
So oft beclouds my dawn

That I am at a loss to tell

The midnight from the morn.

Oh let me hear thy voice again,
Still walking on the sea;

No more I'll fear, no more refrain
From following after thee.
The ruling of thy love in me

Shall be my sole desire,

And every power of heart and mind

With this bright flame on fire!