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BOOK III. JESUS is mine I I m now prepared To meet with what I thought most hard ! Yes, let the winds of trouble blow, And comforts melt away like snow ; No blasted trees or failing crops Can hinder my eternal hopes : Though creatures change, the Lord s the same; Then let me triumph in his name.

WE seek a rest beyond the skies, In everlasting day; Through floods and flames the passage lies, But Jesus guards the way: The swelling flood and raging flame Hear and obey his word ; Then let us triumph in his name, Our Saviour is the Lord.

1 THE saints Emmanuel s portion are, Redeem d by price, reclaim d by power ; His special choice, and tender care, Owns them and guards them every hour.

2 He finds them in a barren land, Beset with sins and fears and woes ; He leads and guides them by his hand, And bears them safe from all their foes.

1 Now may He who from the dead Brought the Shepherd of the sheep,