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182 6 Exalted on his glorious throne, I see him make my cause his own ; Then all my anxious cares subside, For Jesus lives, and will provide.

7 I see him look with pity down, And hold in view the conq ror s crown. If press d with griefs and cares before, My soul revives, nor asks for more.

8 By faith I see the hour at hand, When in his presence I shall stand ; Then it will be my endless bliss To see him where and as he is.

1 AFFLICTIONS do not come alone, A voice attends the rod ; By both he to his saints is known, A Father and a God.

2 &quot; Let not my children slight the stroko I for chastisement send, Nor faint beneath my kind rebuke, For still I am their Friend.

3 &quot; The wicked I perhaps may leave Awhile, and not reprove ; But all the children I receive, I scourge, because I love.

4 &quot; If therefore you were left without This needful discipline, You might with cause admit a doubt If you indeed were mine.

5 &quot; Shall earthly parents then expect Their children to submit ? And will not you, when I correct, Be humbled at my feet ?

6 &quot; To please themselves they oft chastise, And put their sons to pain ;