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Hymns Hymn 240
Pleasant are Thy courts above In the land of light and love;
Pleasant are Thy courts below In this land of sin and woe;
Oh, my SPIRIT longs and faints For the converse of Thy saints,
For the converse of Thy face, For Thy fullness, GOD of grace.
Hymn 235 Happy birds that sing and y Round Thy Altars, O most High;
Oh, what the joy and the glory must be, Happier souls that nd a rest In a heavenly FATHER's breast; Like
Those endless Sabbaths the blessed ones see; the wandering dove that found No repose on earth around, They
Crown for the valiant, to weary once rest; can to their ark repair, And enjoy it ever there.
GOD shall be All and in all ever Blest. Happy souls, their praises ow Even in this vale of woe; Waters in
the desert rise, Manna feeds them from the skies; On they go from
What are the Monarch, His Court, and His Throne? strength to strength, Till they reach Thy Throne at length, At Thy
What are the peace and the joy that they own? feet adoring fall, Who hast led them safe through all.
O that the blest ones, who in it have share,
All that they feel could as fully declare! LORD, be mine this prize to win, Guide me through a world of sin,
Keep me by Thy saving grace, Give me at Thy side a place; Sun
Truly Jerusalem name we that shore, and Shield alike Thou art, Guide and guard my erring heart;
Vision of peace, that brings joy evermore; Grace and glory ow from Thee;
Wish and fullment can server'd be ne'er Shower, O shower them, LORD on me.
Nor the thing pray'd for come short of the prayer.
Hymn 334
There, where no troubles distraction can bring, LOVING Shepherd of Thy sheep, Keep Thy lamb, in safety keep;
We the sweet anthems of Sion shall sing, Nothing can Thy power withstand None can pluck me from Thy
While for Thy grace, LORD, their voices of praise Hand.
Thy blessed people eternally raise.
Loving Saviour, Thou didst give Thine own life that we might
There dawns no Sabbath, no Sabbath is o'er, live, And the Hands outstretch'd to bless Bear the cruel nails'
Those Sabbath-keepers have one evermore; impress.
One and unending is that triumph Song
Which to the Angels and us shall belong I would praise Thee every day, Gladly all
Thy will obey, Like Thy blessed ones above
Now in the meanwhile, with hearts raised on high, Happy in Thy precious love.
We for that country must yearn and must sigh;
Seeking Jerusalem, dear native land, Loving shepherd, ever near, Teach Thy
Through our long exile on Babylon's strand. lamb Thy voice to hear, Suffer not my steps
to stray From the straight and narrow way.
ow before Him with our praises we fall,
Of Whom, and in Whom, and through Whom are all; Where Thou leadest I would
Of Whom, the FATHER: and in Whom, the SON; o, walking in Thy step below,
Through Whom, the SPIRIT, with them ever ONE. Till before my FATHER's Throne
I shall know as I am Know.
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MADAM JANET VANDRPUIJE